Title: Healthy Living In Late Renaissance Italy
Description: The authors explore in detail the efforts made by men and women in late Renaissance Italy to stay healthy and prolong their lives. Drawing on a wide variety of sources - ranging from cheap healthy living guides in the vernacular to personal letters conduct literature, household inventories, and surviving images and objects - they demonstrate that a sophisticated culture of prevention was being developed in 16th-century Italian cities.
Subjects: Public health, italy, Medicine, preventive, Public health, History, Preventive Medicine, Hygiëne, Gezondheid, Lichaamsverzorging, History, 16th Century, Public Health Practice, Hygiene, Health Behavior