Medicine before Science: The Business of Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment - Softcover

French, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521007615 ISBN 13: 9780521007610

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book is an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While considered elite (in reputation and rewards) and successful, we know little of their clinical effectiveness. To modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But historical evidence reveals that they were judged on other criteria, and this book asserts that these physicians helped to construct and meet the expectations of society.

About this title

Book Description:

This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. These were the elite, in reputation and rewards, and they were successful. Yet we can form little idea of their clinical effectiveness, and to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But the historical evidence is that they were judged on other criteria, and the argument of this book is that these physicians helped to construct the expectations of society--and met them accordingly.

About the Author:

Roger French is Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare Hall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521007615
• ISBN 13: 9780521007610
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296