Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Misery to Mirth
Author: Hannah Newton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191084646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. Misery to Mirth seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580-1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows that recovery did exist conceptually at this time, and that it was a widely reported phenomenon. The book takes three main perspectives: the first is physiological or medical, asking what doctors and laypeople meant by recovery, and how they thought it occurred. This includes a discussion of convalescent care, a special branch of medicine designed to restore strength to the fragile body after illness. Secondly, the book adopts the viewpoint of patients themselves: it investigates how they reacted to escape from death, the abatement of pain and suffering, and the return to normal life and work. The third perspective concerns the patient's loved ones; it shows that family and friends usually shared the feelings of patients, undergoing a dramatic transformation from anguish to elation. Through these discussions, the volume shines a light on some of the most profound, as well as the more prosaic, aspects of early modern existence, from attitudes to life and death, to details of what convalescents ate for supper and wore in bed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191084646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. Misery to Mirth seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580-1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows that recovery did exist conceptually at this time, and that it was a widely reported phenomenon. The book takes three main perspectives: the first is physiological or medical, asking what doctors and laypeople meant by recovery, and how they thought it occurred. This includes a discussion of convalescent care, a special branch of medicine designed to restore strength to the fragile body after illness. Secondly, the book adopts the viewpoint of patients themselves: it investigates how they reacted to escape from death, the abatement of pain and suffering, and the return to normal life and work. The third perspective concerns the patient's loved ones; it shows that family and friends usually shared the feelings of patients, undergoing a dramatic transformation from anguish to elation. Through these discussions, the volume shines a light on some of the most profound, as well as the more prosaic, aspects of early modern existence, from attitudes to life and death, to details of what convalescents ate for supper and wore in bed.
A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & Chatto
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Catalogue of Books on the Useful Arts (class 600 of Dewey's Decimal Classification) in the Central Library
Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Botanical Abstracts
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
The Care of Brute Beasts
Author: Louise Hill Curth
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900417995X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This book is about medical beliefs and practices for animals in early modern England. Although there are numerous texts on human health, this is the first to focus exclusively on animals during this period. For most academics, the foundation of the London Veterinary College in 1791 marks the beginning of 'modern' veterinary medicine, with the period before unworthy of serious study. In fact, there is ample evidence of how the importance of animals resulted in a highly complex system of both preventative and remedial care. This book is divided into sections which start by 'setting the scene' with an overview of animals in early modern England and the contemporary principles behind health and illness. It moves onto an examination of the medical marketplace and printed literature on animal health care, followed by an in-depth look at preventative and remedial methods. It ends by addressing the question of what impact, if any, new colleges had on veterinary beliefs and practices.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900417995X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This book is about medical beliefs and practices for animals in early modern England. Although there are numerous texts on human health, this is the first to focus exclusively on animals during this period. For most academics, the foundation of the London Veterinary College in 1791 marks the beginning of 'modern' veterinary medicine, with the period before unworthy of serious study. In fact, there is ample evidence of how the importance of animals resulted in a highly complex system of both preventative and remedial care. This book is divided into sections which start by 'setting the scene' with an overview of animals in early modern England and the contemporary principles behind health and illness. It moves onto an examination of the medical marketplace and printed literature on animal health care, followed by an in-depth look at preventative and remedial methods. It ends by addressing the question of what impact, if any, new colleges had on veterinary beliefs and practices.
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
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Publisher:
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
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A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick
Author: John Pechey
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Bibliophile
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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