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The practice of reform in health, medicine, and science, 1500-2000 : essays for Charles Webster / edited by Margaret Pelling, Scott Mandelbrote.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Great Britain--History.
- Medicine.
- Science.
- History.
- Medical care.
- Medical policy.
- Health care reform.
- Great Britain.
- Medicine--Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Health care reform--Great Britain--History.
- Medical policy--Great Britain--History.
- Medical care--Great Britain--History.
- Science--Great Britain--History.
- Health Care Reform--history.
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Natural Science Disciplines--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Care Reform--history.
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Natural Science Disciplines--history.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 376 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Preface : 'for the improvement of all things'
- 1. The instauration of the image of God in man : humanist anthropology, encyclopaedic pedagogy, Baconianism and universal reform / Howard Hotson
- 2. Harmony, health, and healing : music's role in early modern Paracelsian thought / Penelope Gouk
- 3. The economy of magic in early modern England / Lauren Kassell
- 4. Chemical medicine and Paracelsianism in Italy, 1550-1650 / Antonio Clericuzio
- 5. Politics, medicine, and masculinity : physicians and office-bearing in early modern England / Margaret Pelling
- 6. A 'sanative contagion' : Henry More on faith healing / Robert Crocker.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-362) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781315237626
- 1315237628
- Publisher Number:
- 99984115835
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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