| Medical Conflicts in Early Modern London: Patronage, Physicians, and Irregular Practitioners, 1550-1640 Contributor(s): Pelling, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199257809 ISBN-13: 9780199257805 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $308.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2003 Annotation: This is the first comprehensive analysis of the best single record we have which details the many medical practitioners in early modern London. It reveals the attitudes and realities in the conflict between the College of Physicians and the practitioners, whom the College regarded as illicit or irregular. In so doing, the book challenges the assumptions we make about the dominant professional values of modern western society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 610.942 |
| LCCN: 2003273024 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.46" W x 8.72" (1.49 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive analysis of the best single record we have which details the many medical practitioners in early modern London. It reveals the attitudes and realities in the conflict between the College of Physicians and the practitioners, whom the College regarded as illicit or irregular. In so doing, the book challenges the assumptions we make about the dominant professional values of modern western society. |
