num_pages: 158
description: The links between the book trade and the theory and practice of medicine have often been acknowledged but have seldom before been the subject of detailed investigation.In this volume in the 'Publishing Pathways' series leading scholars from different specialist areas provide fascinating glimpses of the interaction between science, medicine and the culture of print. Booksellers, printers, collectors, readers and the mechanisms of production and distribution across several centuries form the basis of their studies.
language: English
title: Medicine, Mortality & the Book Trade
titlecomplete: Medicine, Mortality & the Book Trade (Publishing Pathways Series)
publisher: Oak Knoll Pr