Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance / / Michael Stolberg.

• VerfasserIn: Stolberg, Michael, 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg,, [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXIV, 613 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I: Entering the World of Learned Medicine --; Prologue: The "Learned" Physician. On the History of an Ideal --; Choosing a Profession --; The Study of Medicine --; Learned Habitus --; Part II: Learned Medical Practice --; From theory to practice --; Pathology --; External Causes of Illness --; Diagnosis --; Therapeutic Practice --; Diseases --; Pediatrics --; Diseases of Women --; Knowledge from Experience: The Rise of Empiricism --; Part III: Physicians, Patients, and Lay Medical Culture --; The rise of the learned medical profession --; Private Practice --; Municipal Physicians --; Court Physicians --; Everyday Practice --; The Physician-Patient Relationship --; Alternatives to Medical Treatment by Physicians --; Learned Physicians and Lay Medical Culture --; Conclusion --; Sources --; Visual sources - List of illustrations --; Manuscript Sources --; Printed Works --; Index
• ISBN: 3110733544
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Stolberg.

Michael Stolberg offers the first comprehensive presentation of medical training and day-to-day medical practice during the Renaissance. Drawing on previously unknown manuscript sources, he describes the prevailing notions of illness in the era, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, the doctor-patient relationship, and home and lay medicine.