Experiencing Illness and the Sick Body in Early Modern Europe [electronic resource] /
Stolberg, M.author.
Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Illness in everyday life -- pt. 2. Perceptions and interpretations -- pt. 3. Dominant discourse and the experience of disease.
Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis.
History.
History, Modern.
Europe—History.
Civilization—History.
Europe—History—1492-.
World history.
History of Science.
Modern History.
European History.
Cultural History.
History of Early Modern Europe.
World History, Global and Transnational History.