Beschrijving
Original publisher’s sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: , xiv,238pp., figs, tables, abbreviations, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. Contents: Preface: ‘The Most Difficult ThingÂ’. 1. A PhysicianÂ’s Life: A Brief Thematic Biography. 2. Constructing the Casebooks. 3. The Past: Evaluating the Patient. 4. The Past: Determining the PatientÂ’s Temperament. 5. The Present: What is a Disease? 6. The Present: Mayerne’s Diagnosis in Social Context. 7. The Future: Prognosis. 8. The Future: Therapeutics. 9. The Death of Prince Henry. 10. Mayerne as Baroque Physician. Appendix 1: A Guide to the Ephemerides morborum. Appendix 2: Entries by Year and Type. Very fine copy – as new. Volume 65: Clio Medica. The Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine.