Experiencing Illness and the Sick Body in Early Modern Europe
Description
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.
Keywords
ScienceHistoryModernEuropeSocial HistoryWorldRenaissance
2011Book
Author(s)Michael Stolberg
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230243439
LanguageEnglish
