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Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe 1st Edition

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Full Title

Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe 1st Edition

Author(s)

Cornelie Usborne, Willem de Blécourt

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780230287594, 9781349512393, 9781403915696

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.