Screen LibraryHistory, medicine, and the traditions of Renaissance learning
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University of Michigan Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ann Arbor |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 438 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780472116027 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472116029 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R |
| CLC: | R-09 |
| Call Number: | R-09/S619 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-420) and index. Introduction -- pt. 1. History in medical literature. Preface to part 1. A diagnosis from history -- 1. Bodies past -- 2. History and histories in medical texts -- 3. Life writing and disciplinary history -- pt. 2. Physicians, civil history, and antiquarianism. Preface to part 2. Rival physician historians of the Italian wars -- 4. Milan : problems of exemplarity in medicine and history -- 5. Rome : medicine, histories, antiquities, and public health -- 6. Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university -- 7. Beyond Europe -- Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge. |