Surgeon, Midwife, Charlatan: How Modern Medicine Was Born, or How to Survive the Renaissance – Skuse Alanna – CoLibri – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-389-31817-5
Surgeon, Midwife, Charlatan: How Modern Medicine Was Born, or How to Survive the Renaissance
19.99 €
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Surgeon, Midwife, Charlatan: How Modern Medicine Was Born, or How to Survive the Renaissance
19.99 €
When did modern medicine begin? Everyone knows Avicenna, ancient treatises, and recipes, but in reality, the history of modern medicine begins in the Renaissance. At the beginning of its history, medicine was a monstrous spectacle: no anesthesia, unsterile instruments, treatment with arsenic and leeches. At least, that's the stereotype about doctors and medical practice. Renowned historian and medical historian Alanna Skewes proves that the reality was much more complex. And much more interesting.
The 16th and 17th centuries were a time of true medical revolution, when street charlatans and quacks growing medicinal herbs on their own windowsills coexisted with educated surgeons, pharmaceutical scientists, and creators of the first complex prosthetics. Drawing on rare sources such as personal diaries, recipes, and scientific treatises, Skewes tells the remarkable stories of real people—the pioneering pharmacologist Nicholas Culpeper, the fearless plague doctor George Thomson, and the renowned midwife Jane Sharp, who published a scientific work on the art of obstetrics.
"It was an era whose watchwords were discovery, exploration, experimentation, and the endless and insatiable search for truth" (Alanna Skewes).
The 16th and 17th centuries were a time of true medical revolution, when street charlatans and quacks growing medicinal herbs on their own windowsills coexisted with educated surgeons, pharmaceutical scientists, and creators of the first complex prosthetics. Drawing on rare sources such as personal diaries, recipes, and scientific treatises, Skewes tells the remarkable stories of real people—the pioneering pharmacologist Nicholas Culpeper, the fearless plague doctor George Thomson, and the renowned midwife Jane Sharp, who published a scientific work on the art of obstetrics.
"It was an era whose watchwords were discovery, exploration, experimentation, and the endless and insatiable search for truth" (Alanna Skewes).
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