Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance

Michael Stolberg

book: Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance

Michael Stolberg

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733549

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Open Access

Michael Stolberg offers the first comprehensive presentation of medical training and day-to-day medical practice during the Renaissance. Drawing on previously unknown manuscript sources, he describes the prevailing notions of illness in the era, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, the doctor–patient relationship, and home and lay medicine.

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Michael Stolberg, Institute for History of Medicine, University of Wuerzburg.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	IX
Part I: Entering the World of Learned Medicine
Prologue: The “Learned” Physician. On the History of an Ideal Open Access Download PDF	3
Choosing a Profession Open Access Download PDF	11
The Study of Medicine Open Access Download PDF	24
Learned Habitus Open Access Download PDF	82
Part II: Learned Medical Practice
From theory to practice Open Access Download PDF	117
Pathology Open Access Download PDF	121
External Causes of Illness Open Access Download PDF	146
Diagnosis Open Access Download PDF	155
Therapeutic Practice Open Access Download PDF	181
Diseases Open Access Download PDF	221
Pediatrics Open Access Download PDF	316
Diseases of Women Open Access Download PDF	323
Knowledge from Experience: The Rise of Empiricism Open Access Download PDF	357
Part III: Physicians, Patients, and Lay Medical Culture
The rise of the learned medical profession Open Access Download PDF	409
Private Practice Open Access Download PDF	410
Municipal Physicians Open Access Download PDF	414
Court Physicians Open Access Download PDF	423
Everyday Practice Open Access Download PDF	438
The Physician-Patient Relationship Open Access Download PDF	447
Alternatives to Medical Treatment by Physicians Open Access Download PDF	507
Learned Physicians and Lay Medical Culture Open Access Download PDF	524
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	544
Sources
Visual sources – List of illustrations Open Access Download PDF	553
Manuscript Sources Open Access Download PDF	555
Printed Works Open Access Download PDF	559
Index Open Access Download PDF	603

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in history of medicine, history of science, social and cultural history.
Pages
- Front matter: 24
- Main content: 613
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 16
Keywords: Renaissance medicine; academic physicians; everyday medical practice; pathology; lay medicine

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110733549

Hardcover

Published: December 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110738353