Cultures of plague medical thinking at the end of the Renaissance /

This title highlights the impact that the plague epidemic in Italy between 1575 and 1578 had on the medical writers and practitioners of the time. He asserts that these writers anticipated modern epidemiology and created the structure for plague classics of the next century.

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Cohn, Samuel Kline
Format: eBog
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.
Fag:
Epidemics > Italy > History.
Plague > Italy > History > 16th century.
Public health > Italy > History > 16th century.
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Beskrivelse
Summary:This title highlights the impact that the plague epidemic in Italy between 1575 and 1578 had on the medical writers and practitioners of the time. He asserts that these writers anticipated modern epidemiology and created the structure for plague classics of the next century.
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Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (xiv, 342 p.) : ill., map.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191722530 (ebook) :

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