This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.

• Brings together historians of medicine and scholars of different backgrounds who are re-visiting the field from new perspectives and with the support of innovative questions and unexplored sources
• Explores crucial areas of intersection between the territory of medicine and that of law, politics, religion, art and material culture and highlights the connections between these apparently separate fields
• Challenges our understanding of what we regard as medical activities, medical identities, spaces and objects
• Addresses the study of medical careers, medical identities and spaces where medical activities were performed e.g. apothecary shops, courtrooms, convents and museums

About the Author
Sandra Cavallo is Reader in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London.

David Gentilcore is Reader in History at the University of Leicester.

Reviews
"Reading these pages, we realise how medical historians have often neglected to consider some important spaces where medicine was practised, focusing instead on canonical settings such as hospitals, universities and anatomical theatres. In paying attention to other spaces, all the articles add new meaning to the concept of medical practice. ... An important item for scholars interested in revitalising the field of the history of medicine." (Metascience, March 2009)



Book Information
ISBN 9781405180405
Author Sandra Cavallo
Format Paperback
Page Count 136
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm