الگوهای طاعون: تغییر ایده‌ها درباره طاعون در انگلستان و فرانسه، ۱۳۴۸–۱۷۵۰ (جلد ۵۹) (مطالعات خدمات پزشکی مرتبط با مک‌گیل-کوئین در تاریخ پزشکی، سلامت و جامعه)

"For centuries, recurrent plague outbreaks took a grim toll on populations across Europe and Asia. While medical interventions and treatments did not change significantly from the fourteenth century to the eighteenth century, understandings of where and how plague originated did. Through an innovative reading of medical advice literature produced in England and France, Patterns of Plague explores these changing perceptions across four centuries. When plague appeared in the Mediterranean region in 1348, physicians believed the epidemic’s timing and spread could be explained logically and the disease could be successfully treated. This confidence resulted in the widespread and long-term circulation of plague tracts, which described the causes and signs of the disease, offered advice for preventing infection, and recommended therapies in a largely consistent style. What, where, and especially who was blamed for plague outbreaks changed considerably, however, as political, religious, economic, intellectual, medical, and even publication circumstances evolved. Patterns of Plague sheds light on what was consistent about plague thinking and what was idiosyncratic to particular places and times, revealing the many factors that influence how people understand and respond to epidemic disease."--Page 4 de la couverture "For centuries, recurrent plague outbreaks took a grim toll on populations across Europe and Asia. While medical interventions and treatments did not change significantly from the fourteenth century to the eighteenth century, understandings of where and how plague originated did. Through an innovative reading of medical advice literature produced in England and France, Patterns of Plague explores these changing perceptions across four centuries. When plague appeared in the Mediterranean region in 1348, physicians believed the epidemic's timing and spread could be explained logically and the disease could be successfully treated. This confidence resulted in the widespread and long-term circulation of plague tracts, which described the causes and signs of the disease, offered advice for preventing infection, and recommended therapies in a largely consistent style. What, where, and especially who was blamed for plague outbreaks changed considerably, however, as political, religious, economic, intellectual, medical, and even publication circumstances evolved. Patterns of Plague sheds light on what was consistent about plague thinking and what was idiosyncratic to particular places and times, revealing the many factors that influence how people understand and respond to epidemic disease."-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Copyright 9 Contents 12 Figures 14 Acknowledgments 18 A Note on Transcription and Translation 22 Introduction Writing Plague 26 1 Creating the Plague Tract 46 2 Producing the Plague Tract 76 3 Setting Plague in Time 137 4 Seeing Plague in Space 184 5 Imagining the Oriental Plague 238 Conclusion Rewriting Patterns of Plague 264 Notes 274 Bibliography 342 Index 392 McGill-Queen’s University Press 2022 ISBN 978-0-2280-1079-1 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-2280-1080-7 (paper) ISBN 978-0-2280-1298-6 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-2280-1299-3 (ePUB) McGill-Queen’s University Press 2022,ISBN 978-0-2280-1079-1 (cloth),ISBN 978-0-2280-1080-7 (paper),ISBN 978-0-2280-1298-6 (ePDF),ISBN 978-0-2280-1299-3 (ePUB) Through a comparative analysis of medical texts produced in England and France, Lori Jones reveals changing perceptions across four centuries. Using plague tracts to explore how medical and wider social understandings of the plague evolved, this innovative study considers the array of factors that influence how people think about epidemic disease.