Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance

By Michael Stolberg

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111270793
• ISBN13: 9783111270791
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 637 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary