Annotation This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine, as expressed in vernacular texts set in their social and cu

This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine in its social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some cen

Medical writing tells us a great deal about how the language of science has developed in constructing and communicating knowledge in English. This volume provid

An investigation of the role which the English book trade played in an important transitional period in early modern medicine.

This Encyclopedia offers a fresh, integrated and creative perspective on the formation and foundations of philosophy and science in European modernity. Combinin