The Dying and the Doctors by Ian Mortimer

The Dying and the Doctors by Ian Mortimer

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Zusammenfassung

A survey of the changes in medical care for those approaching death in the early modern period.

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The Dying and the Doctors by Ian Mortimer

A survey of the changes in medical care for those approaching death in the early modern period.
An important book for the social history of medicine* ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
Mortimer's description and conclusions must inform our understanding of seventeenth-century medical practice. * JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY *
Contributes to our understanding of the mechanisms, inspirations, and effects of an important paradigmatic shift which continues to shape societies across the globe today. * JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND HISTORY *
Chart[s] a remarkable medical revolution taking place throughout seventeenth-century England. Historians of early modern medicine should thank him for that. * JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES *
The results of this meticulous and painstaking research are persuasive and have far-reaching implications for the social history of medical care of the dying. * SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE *
Mortimer's book is a feat of statistical organisation. He has deftly and meticulously analysed thousands of probate records, using complex and subtle quantities techniques. [...] It is a valuable contribution to the history of medicine, and succeeds in its aim to draw attention to the hitherto acknowledged rise in the employment of doctors at times of grave illness. * LOCAL POPULATION STUDIES *
A work of great clarity and elegance, and provides the bedrock on which social history must be based. * TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT *
A must for any studying the history of science or subjects related to the Renaissance and Industrial Revolutions. * MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *

The Time-Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, by Ian Mortimer, is a best-selling book. He graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA, PhD, and DLitt, as well as a MA in archival studies from UCL. He has worked for the Historical Manuscripts Commission and the universities of Exeter and Reading, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (for which he was given the Alexander Award in 2004). A series of four interconnected historical biographies spanning English politics from 1300 to 1415, as well as a groundbreaking study of medicine in seventeenth-century England, are among his other works.

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ISBN 13 9780861933266
ISBN 10 0861933265
Titel The Dying and the Doctors
Autor Ian Mortimer
Serie Royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2015-02-19
Seitenanzahl 246
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