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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VI, 292 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230355842 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230355842 |