The Popularization of Medicine, 1650-1850Roy Porter Psychology Press, 1992 - 297 sider In the early modern centuries disease was rampant, medicine had few powerful weapons in its armoury, and the provision of professional medical care was patchy. Under such circumstances it is no surprise that a body of popularized medical writings appeared, aiming to explain how ordinary people could best take care of their own health, in the absence of, or by way of supplement to, professional medical care. The Popularization of Medicine explores the rise of this form of people's medicine, from the early days of printing to the Victorian age, focusing upon the different experiences of Britain and France, more marginal European nations like Spain and Hungary, and upon North America. It assesses the wider social and cultural history contexts of the tradition: its religious rationales in radical Protestantism, conflicts between elite and popular culture, challenges to medical monopoly and the spread of medical hegemony. It also addresses the problems of the historical interpretation of medical texts that were probably read and used in ways unfamiliar to us nowadays. The history of the popularization of regular medicine has hitherto been neglected. This pioneering book charts for the first time a major dimension of the history of medicine in culture. |
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The popularization of medicine in early modern | 17 |
occupational and | 42 |
vernacular medical | 72 |
The popularization of medicine in France | 97 |
The nonnaturals made easy | 134 |
The popularization of medicine during | 160 |
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