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Synopsis
A compelling history of the ethical considerations, evaluations of procedures, and problem-solving techniques in the writings of European physicians and surgeons from the mid-16th through the mid-17th century. Schleiner reveals an emerging field that increasingly separated the cure of the body from that of the soul. He employs several controversial topics placebos and the broader issue of lying to patients; the treatment of hysteria; masturbation; and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases to explore the development of ethical ideas in depth: Of interest to ethicists and to historians of science, medicine, and Renaissance and gender studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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About the Author
Winfried Schleiner is a professor of English at the University of California, Davis.
Review
"This book definitely breaks new ground in the history of medical ethics. [It] should prove to be quite important. . . . It is an excellent piece of scholarship."―Darrel W. Amundsen, professor of classics, Western Washington University and author of Medicine, Society and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
"An extraordinary mine of powerful and disturbing questions not only about the culture of the past but about our own culture."―Stephen Greenblatt, professor of English, University of California, Berkeley
"A fascinating account . . . It offers new materials and insights to the many literary scholars and historians concerned with the body and gender in Renaissance literature and culture, as well as to all those interested in the cultural construction of disease in our own age."―Barbara K. Lewalski, Kenan Professor of English Literature, Harvard University
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- PublisherGeorgetown Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0878405933
- ISBN 13 9780878405930
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages230
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