Medicine And Society In Early Modern Europe (new Approaches To European History)

Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe, offers undergraduate students a concise introduction to a subject rich in historical excitement and interest. Mary Lindemann, a distinguished scholar of the history of medicine, writes with exceptional clarity and examines medicine from a social and cultural perspective rather than a narrowly scientific one. She focuses on the experience of illness and on patients and folk healers as much as on the rise of medical science, doctors and hospitals. Bringing Together The Best And Most Innovative Recent Research, Mary Lindemann Examines Medicine From A Social And Cultural Perspective, Rather Than A Narrowly Scientific One. Drawing On Medical Anthropology, Sociology And Ethics As Well As Cultural And Social History, She Focuses On The Experience Of Illness And On Patients And Folk Healers As Much As On The Rise Of Medical Science, Doctors And Hospitals.--jacket. Sickness And Health -- Epidemics And Infectious Diseases -- Learned Medicine -- Medical Education -- Hospitals And Asylums -- Health And Society -- Practice. Mary Lindemann. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 234-240) And Index. Of each 1,000 people born, 24 die during birth itself; the business of teething disposes of another 50; in the first two years, convulsions and other illness remove another 277; smallpox... carries off another 80 or 90, and measles 10 more.