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Cultures of plague [electronic resource] : medical thinking at the end of the Renaissance / Samuel K. Cohn Jr.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 342 p.) : ill., map.ISBN: 9780191722530 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Epidemics -- Italy -- History | Plague -- Italy -- History -- 16th century | Public health -- Italy -- History -- 16th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199574025DDC classification: 614.4094509031 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This title highlights the impact that the plague epidemic in Italy between 1575 and 1578 had on the medical writers and practitioners of the time. He asserts that these writers anticipated modern epidemiology and created the structure for plague classics of the next century.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This title highlights the impact that the plague epidemic in Italy between 1575 and 1578 had on the medical writers and practitioners of the time. He asserts that these writers anticipated modern epidemiology and created the structure for plague classics of the next century.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.