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The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine

The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine

Bates, A. W.
Carnevale, Diego
de Frenza, Lucia

Hardcover

Sports GeneralGeneral European History

ISBN10: 9004284818
ISBN13: 9789004284814
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 23 2020
Pages: 356
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
When, why and how was it first believed that the corpse could reveal 'signs' useful for understanding the causes of death and eventually identifying those responsible for it? The Body of Evidence. Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine, edited by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia, shows how in the late Middle Ages the dead body, which had previously rarely been questioned, became a specific object of investigation by doctors, philosophers, theologians and jurists. The volume sheds new light on the elements of continuity, but also on the effort made to liberate the semantization of the corpse from what were, broadly speaking, necromantic practices, which would eventually merge into forensic medicine.

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