Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis, 1st Edition eBook

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This collection offers readers a guide to analyzing historical texts and objects using a diverse selection of sources in early modern medicine. It provides an array of interpretive strategies while also highlighting new trends in the field. Each chapter serves as a study of a different type of source, including the benefits and limitations of that source and what it can reveal about the history of medicine. Contributors provide practical strategies for locating and interpreting sources, putting texts and objects into conversation, and explaining potential contradictions. A wide variety of sources, including account books, legal records, and personal letters, provide new opportunities for understanding early modern medicine and developing skills in historical analysis. Together, the chapters highlight emerging methodologies and debates, while covering a range of themes in the field, from reproductive health to hospital care to household medicine. With wide geographical breadth, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers looking to understand how to better engage with primary sources, as well as readers interested in early modern history and the history of medicine.

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Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis 1st Edition is written by Olivia Weisser and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Early Modern Medicine are 9781003851493, 1003851495 and the print ISBNs are 9780367557225, 0367557223. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780367557232, 9781003094876, 9781003851486.