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Physicians have had a major role in framing the middle-class values of modern western society, especially those relating to the professions. This book questions

Lund demonstrates the significance of Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy within early modern literary culture, covering religious and medical issues.

Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. He stood apart from the medical elite because he was not formally educated and because he

This collection of twelve essays explores various aspects in the development of medicine from the Middle Ages to 1700 with a particular emphasis on revisiting o

Through close analysis of texts, cultural and civic communities, and intellectual history, the papers in this collection, for the first time, propose a dynamic