Medical Practice, 1600-1900

Download or read book Medical Practice, 1600-1900 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing in particular on physicians’ casebooks, Medical Practices, 1600-1900 studies the changing nature of ordinary medical practice in early modern Europe. Combining case studies on individual German, Austrian and Swiss practitioners with a comparative analysis across the centuries, it offers the first comprehensive and systematic overview of the major aspects of premodern practitioners daily work and business – from diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and the kinds of patients treated to financial issues, record keeping and their place in contemporary society.