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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458298003321

Autore

Siraisi Nancy G

Titolo

History, medicine, and the traditions of Renaissance learning [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Siraisi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-59392-7

9786612593925

0-472-02548-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Collana

Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world

Disciplina

610.9

Soggetti

Medicine - History - 16th century

Renaissance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Introduction; Part 1. History in Medical Literature; Preface to Part 1. A Diagnosis from History; 1. Bodies Past; 2. History and Histories in Medical Texts; 3. Life Writing and Disciplinary History; Part 2. Physicians, Civil History, and Antiquarianism; Preface to Part 2. Rival Physician Historians of the Italian Wars; 4. Milan: Problems of Exemplarity in Medicine and History; 5. Rome: Medicine, Histories, Antiquities, and Public Health; 6. Vienna: Physician Historians and Antiquaries in Court and University; 7. Beyond Europe

Conclusion: Medicine, History, and the Changing Face of Scientific KnowledgeNotes; Bibliography; Index