Experiencing Illness and the Sick Body in Early Modern Europe /

Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stolberg, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 292 pages)
ISBN:9780230355842
DOI:10.1057/9780230355842