Patients, Power and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Bristol
Download or Read eBook Patients, Power and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Bristol PDF written by Mary Elizabeth Fissell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Mary Elizabeth Fissell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2002-07-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521526930 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521526937 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Patients, Power and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Bristol by : Mary Elizabeth Fissell
Book excerpt: In early modern England, housewives, clergymen, bloodletters, herb women, and patients told authoritative tales about the body. By the end of the eighteenth century, however, medicine had begun to drown out these voices. This book argues that changes in the relationship between rich and poor underlay this rise in medicine's authority.
