| Author | : Roger French |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2019-07-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0429515014 |
Published in 1998, covering the period from the triumphant economic revival of Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, this book offers an examination of the state of contemporary medicine and the subsequent transplantation of European medicine worldwide.
| Author | : Jon Arrizabalaga |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 1997-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780300069341 |
A century and a half after the Black Death killed over a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox - commonly known as the French Disease - brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies for years, causing acute pain, disfigurement and ultimately an agonising death. The authors analyse the symptoms of the Great Pox and the identity of patients, richly documented in the records of the massive hospital of 'incurables' established in early sixteenth-century Rome. They show how the disease threw accepted medical theory and practice into confusion and provoked public disputations among university teachers. And at the most practical level they reveal the plight of its victims at all levels of society, from ecclesiastical lords to the poor who begged in the streets. Examining a range of contexts from princely courts and republics to university faculties, confraternities and hospitals, the authors argue powerfully for a historical understanding of the Great Pox based on contemporary perceptions rather than on a retrospective diagnosis of what later generations came to know as 'syphilis'.
| Author | : G. Rousseau |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2003-07-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 023052432X |
Throughout human history illness has been socially interpreted before its range of meanings could be understood and disseminated. Writers of diverse types have been as active in constructing these meanings as doctors, yet it is only recently that literary traditions have been recognized as a rich archive for these interpretations. These essays focus on the methodological hurdles encountered in retrieving these interpretations, called 'framing' by the authors. Framing and Imagining Disease in Cultural History aims to explain what has been said about these interpretations and to compare their value.
| Author | : David Herlihy |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 126 |
| Release | : 1997-09-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674744233 |
In this small book David Herlihy makes subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about the Black Death. Looking beyond the view of the plague as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy finds evidence for its role in the advent of new population controls, the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism. This book, which displays a distinguished scholar's masterly synthesis of diverse materials, reveals that the Black Death can be considered the cornerstone of the transformation of Europe.
| Author | : Luis García Ballester |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780521431019 |
Essays on the practical aspects of medieval European medicine.
| Author | : Ole Jørgen Benedictow |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
| Total Pages | : 1059 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783275162 |
Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history. The first edition of The Black Death collected and analysed the many local studies on the disease published in a variety of languages and examined a range of scholarly papers. The medical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and the mortality in the countries and regions for which there are satisfactory studies, are clearly presented and thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace and seasonality of spread revealed through close scrutiny of these studies exactly reflect current medical work and standard studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's findings made it clear that the true mortality rate was far higher than had been previously thought. In the light of those findings, the discussion in the last part of the book showing the Black Death as a turning point in history takes on a new significance. OLE J. BENEDICTOW is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.
| Author | : Ole Jørgen Benedictow |
| Publisher | : Boydell Press |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1843832143 |
This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.
| Author | : Norman F. Cantor |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2015-03-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1476797749 |
The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, taking millions of lives. The author draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative.
| Author | : J.David Oriel |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 144712068X |
In the last decade of the 15th century a new and deadly disease called Morbus Gallicus, or syphilis, appeared and spread rapidly throughout Europe. The effects of syphilis were so severe that it, and those suffering from it, where regarded with horror and despair. It is difficult for the modern reader to appreciate the fog of confusion which surrounded sexually transmitted diseases in earlier times. Those suffering with these diseases were often condemned as victims of their own "sinful lust of the flesh"; a judgement attitude which hindered most of the early attempts at control and treatment. Despite this general attitude, there were some doctors who persevered in their attempts to understand the causes and discover treatments for syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. The Scars of Venus is illustrated with pictures of people, places, instruments and documents. It presents the historical background and achievements of the early venereologists through to the current venereologists' fight against HIV. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with venereal diseases: doctors, nurses, counsellors, laboratory workers, medical historians, and those working in the areas of public/world health and the spread of infectious diseases.
