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Politische Medizin der frühen Neuzeit

Politische Medizin der frühen Neuzeit

die Figur des Arztes in Italien und England im frühen 17. Jahrhundert

By Sabine Kalff

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Publish Date

2014

Publisher

De Gruyter

Language

eng

Pages

470

Description:

"This study systematically explores the interconnections between medicine and politics in the early modern era. With the medicalization of governance, the figure of the doctor came into focus, and the doctor's diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic procedures became a model for governmental action, one that helped shape the discourse of political crises, uprisings, and epidemics"--