Spaces, Objects and Identities in Early Modern Italian Medicine

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This collection, by an international team of scholars, presentsexciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italywhich questions the conventional boundaries of medical history. * Brings together historians of medicine and scholars ofdifferent backgrounds who are re-visiting the field from newperspectives and with the support of innovative questions andunexplored sources * Explores crucial areas of intersection between the territory ofmedicine and that of law, politics, religion, art and materialculture and highlights the connections between these apparentlyseparate fields * Challenges our understanding of what we regard as medicalactivities, medical identities, spaces and objects * Addresses the study of medical careers, medical identities andspaces where medical activities were performed e.g. apothecaryshops, courtrooms, convents and museums

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Sandra Cavallo

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Early Modern European History Geschichte Geschichte der europäischen Frühmoderne History History Special Topics Sozialgeschichte Spezialthemen Geschichte

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"Reading these pages, we realise how medical historians have often neglected to consider some important spaces where medicine was practised, focusing instead on canonical settings such as hospitals, universities and anatomical theatres. In paying attention to other spaces, all the articles add new meaning to the concept of medical practice. ... An important item for scholars interested in revitalising the field of the history of medicine." (Metascience, March 2009)
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