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Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe

Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe

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General European HistoryGeneral ParentingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1403915695
ISBN13: 9781403915696
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 18 2003
Pages: 241
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
A pioneering contribution to the cultural history of medicine exploring issues as diverse as dissection of the heart, childbirth, masturbation, animal care, hermaphrodites, orthopaedics, 'miracle' drugs, smallpox and sex advice in different European cultures from the 1600s to the present day. Each case study illustrates various roles of mediation; reconciling conflicting ideas in the medical encounter; as an instrument of domination, or conversely, of resistance. Roy Porter's brilliant foreword conveys the methodological significance as well as the pleasure of these essays.

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