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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816904503321

Autore

Clouse Michele L.

Titolo

Medicine, government, and public health in Philip II's Spain : shared interests, competing authorities / / Michele L. Clouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4094-8276-6

1-317-09823-4

1-315-59470-6

1-317-09822-6

1-283-31906-3

9786613319067

1-4094-3795-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

History of Medicine in Context

Classificazione

NN 3940

Disciplina

362.10946

Soggetti

Public health - Spain - History - 15th century

Medical policy - Spain - History - 15th century

Medical personnel - Government policy - Spain - History - 15th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: "The importance of the matter to the public health"; 1 Protecting the Public Health: Tribunal del Protomedicato; 2 Medical Education at the University; 4 The Apothecary's Profession: Cooperation and Professionalization; 5 Poor Relief: Cooperation and Resistance; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bridging the gap between histories of medicine and political/institutional histories of the early modern crown, this book explores the relationship between one of the most highly bureaucratic regimes in early modern Europe, Spain, and crown interest in and regulation of medical practices. Complementing recent histories that have emphasized the interdependent nature of governance between the crown and municipalities in sixteenth-century Spain, this study argues that medical policies were the result of negotiation and cooperation



among the crown, the towns, and medical practitioners.