Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England
Conserving health in early modern culture explores the impact of ideas about healthy living in early modern England and Italy. The attention of medical historians has largely been focussed on the study of illness and medical treatment, yet prevention was one of the cornerstones of early modern medicine. According to Galenic-Hippocratic thought, the preservation of health depended on the careful management of the so-called six 'Non-Naturals': the air one breathed; food and drink; excretions; sleep; movement and rest; and emotions. Drawing on visual, material and textual sources, the contributors show the pervasiveness of the preventive paradi…
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Weitere Autoren: Storey, Tessa (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-1347-4
- EAN: 9781526113474
- Produktnummer: 22310580
- Verlag: Manchester Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.1 cm x D3.2 cm 561 g
- Gewicht: 561
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Sandra Cavallo is Professor of Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London Tessa Storey is Honorary Research Associate in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London
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