| Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England Contributor(s): Dobson, Mary J. (Author), Smith, Richard (Editor), de Vries, Jan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521404649 ISBN-13: 9780521404648 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $195.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Epidemiology - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 614.424 |
| LCCN: 95043276 |
| Series: Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6" W x 9" (2.33 lbs) 670 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in early modern England. Using a wide range of sources for the southeast of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries of time. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the way patients and practitioners perceived, understood and reacted to the multitude of fevers, poxes and plagues in past times. |