| Uroscopy in Early Modern Europe Revised Edition Contributor(s): Stolberg, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409450155 ISBN-13: 9781409450153 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Clinical Medicine - History | Modern - 17th Century - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 616.075 |
| LCCN: 2015002610 |
| Series: History of Medicine in Context |
| Physical Information: 238 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Uroscopy - the diagnosis of disease by visual examination of the urine - played a very prominent role in early modern medical practice and in the lives of ordinary people. Widely considered as the most reliable way to diagnose diseases and pregnancies it was taught at the best universities. Leading physicians prided themselves on their mastery in this field. Countless medical writings were dedicated to uroscopy and artists represented it in hundreds of illustrations and paintings. Based on a wide range of textual and visual sources, such as autobiographies, court records, medical treatises and genre painting, this book offers the first comprehensive study of the place of uroscopy in early modern medicine, culture and society and of the - gradually changing - ways in which medical practitioners, lay persons and, last but not least, artists perceived and used it. |