The Popularization of Medicine

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 0415514878

ISBN-13 9780415514873

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 11th, 2011

Print length 308 Pages

Weight 394 grams

Dimensions 13.80 x 21.60 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 History of medicine

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Explores the rise of popularized medical writings which gave simple advice for home treatments, charting the rise from the Victorian age and focusing on the different experiences of Britain, the Continent and North America.

In the early modern centuries a body of popularized medical writings appeared, telling ordinary people how they could best take care of their own health. Often written be doctors, such books gave simple advice for home treatments, while commonly warning of the dangers of magic, quackery, old wive''s tales and faith-healing. The Popularization of Medicine explores the rise of this form of people''s medicine, from the early days of printing to the Victorian age, focusing on the different experiences of Britain, the Continent and North America.

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