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The notorious astrological physician of London : works and days of Simon Forman / / Barbara Howard Traister



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Autore: Traister Barbara Howard Visualizza persona
Titolo: The notorious astrological physician of London : works and days of Simon Forman / / Barbara Howard Traister Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
Disciplina: 610/.92
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Soggetto topico: Physicians - England
Soggetto non controllato: astrology, astrologist, lifes work, well known, myth, king james, history, historical, academic, scholarly, unpublished, london, britain, united kingdom, uk, doctor, medical, medicine, business, alchemy, essays, collected works, gardening, interdisciplinary, evidence, shakespeare, 1500s, biography, occult, occultism, college, self conscious
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-241) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- ONE. A Self-Conscious Life -- TWO. Medical Theories: A Physician Evolves -- THREE. Forman's London Practice -- FOUR. Troubles with the College of Physicians -- FIVE. Forman's Occultism -- SIX. Forman and His Books -- SEVEN. Forman in Society -- EIGHT. Forman and Public Events -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer-Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts-considered here in their entirety for the first time-paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London. Although he received no formal medical education, Forman built a thriving practice. His success rankled the College of Physicians of London, who hounded Forman with fines and jail terms for nearly two decades. In addition to detailing case histories of his medical practice-the first such records known from London-as well as his run-ins with the College, Forman's manuscripts cover a wide variety of other matters, from astrology and alchemy to gardening and the theater. His autobiographical writings are among the earliest English examples of their genre and display an abiding passion for reworking his personal history in the best possible light, even though they show little evidence that Forman ever intended to publish them. Fantastic as many of Forman's manuscripts are, it is their more mundane aspects that make them such a priceless record of what daily life was like for ordinary inhabitants of Shakespeare's London. Forman's descriptions of the stench of a privy, the paralyzed limbs of a child, a lost bitch dog with a velvet collar all offer tantalizing glimpses of a world that seems at once very far away and intimately familiar. Anyone who wants to reclaim that world will enjoy this book.
Titolo autorizzato: The notorious astrological physician of London  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-05864-2
9786613058645
0-226-81142-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809836103321
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