Search Results for: Medical Conflicts In Early Modern London

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

A discussion of the role of London's College of Physicians from the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries in suppressing 'irregular' or 'artisan' practitioners of medi

The Anatomy of Melancholy, first published in 1621, is one of the greatest works of early modern English prose writing, yet it has received little substantial l

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

Through its rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in ea