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The Care of Brute Beasts: A Social and Cultural Study of Veterinary Medicine in Early Modern En...
ISBN: 9789004179950 | 900417995X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
Pub. Date: 12/1/2009
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This book is about medical beliefs and practices for animals in early modern England. Although there are numerous texts on the subject of human health, this is the first and only text to focus exclusively on animals during this period.
Univ. of Winchester, UK. Discusses medical beliefs and practices for animals in early modern England. Topics include principles behind health and illness, medical marketplace for animals, popular medical literature on animal health... MORE
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Setting the Scene | |
| Animals in Early Modern Society and Culture | p. 13 |
| The Principles behind Health and Illness | p. 32 |
| Structures Of Knowledge | |
| The Medical Marketplace for Animals | p. 53 |
| The Print Culture and Veterinary Medicine | p. 70 |
| Structures... MORE | |
| 'To Keep out Disease': Preventative Medicine | p. 99 |
| Remedial Medicine | p. 118 |
| Epilogue: Veterinary Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century | p. 142 |
| Bibliography | p. 163 |
| Index | p. 175 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Louise Hill Curth is Senior Lecturer in Health at the University of Winchester, England.
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