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- catalog abstract "This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. These were the elite, in reputation and rewards, and they were successful. Yet we can form little idea of their clinical effectiveness, and to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But the historical evidence is that they were judged on other criteria, and the argument of this book is that these physicians helped to construct the expectations of society - and met them accordingly. The main focus is on the European Latin tradition of medicine, reconstructed from ancient sources and relying heavily on natural philosophy for its explanatory power. This philosophy collapsed in the 'scientific revolution', and left the learned and rational doctor in crisis. The book concludes with an examination of how this crisis was met - or avoided - in different parts of Europe during the Enlightenment.".
- catalog contributor b12795276.
- catalog coverage "Europe.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Part I. Sources: -- Hippocrates and the philosophers -- Galen -- Part II. The Latin Tradition: -- Medieval schools -- Scholastic medicine -- The weakening of the Latin tradition -- Part III. The Crisis: -- The crisis of theory -- Resolutions -- Enlightenment, systems and science.".
- catalog description "This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. These were the elite, in reputation and rewards, and they were successful. Yet we can form little idea of their clinical effectiveness, and to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But the historical evidence is that they were judged on other criteria, and the argument of this book is that these physicians helped to construct the expectations of society - and met them accordingly. The main focus is on the European Latin tradition of medicine, reconstructed from ancient sources and relying heavily on natural philosophy for its explanatory power. This philosophy collapsed in the 'scientific revolution', and left the learned and rational doctor in crisis. The book concludes with an examination of how this crisis was met - or avoided - in different parts of Europe during the Enlightenment.".
- catalog extent "289 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521007615 (pb.)".
- catalog identifier "0521809770".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "2003 E-164".
- catalog subject "610/.94/0902 21".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Europe.".
- catalog subject "History, 15th Century Europe.".
- catalog subject "History, 15th Century.".
- catalog subject "History, Medieval Europe.".
- catalog subject "History, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Medicine Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Medicine Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Medieval Europe.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Middle Ages.".
- catalog subject "Physicians Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Physicians history.".
- catalog subject "R690 .F745 2003".
- catalog subject "WZ 126 F875m 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I. Sources: -- Hippocrates and the philosophers -- Galen -- Part II. The Latin Tradition: -- Medieval schools -- Scholastic medicine -- The weakening of the Latin tradition -- Part III. The Crisis: -- The crisis of theory -- Resolutions -- Enlightenment, systems and science.".
- catalog title "Medicine before science : the rational and learned doctor from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment / Roger French.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".