Book ID: CBB001181468

Secrets and knowledge in medicine and science, 1500--1800 (2011)

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Leong, Elaine Yuen Tien (Editor)
Rankin, Alisha Michelle (Editor)


Ashgate
Pages: 247


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Series: The History of medicine in context
Physical Details: ix + 247 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Secrets played a central role in transformations in medical and scientific knowledge in early modern Europe. Bringing together international scholars, this volume provides a pan-European and interdisciplinary overview on the topic. (Worldcat)

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Description CONTENTS: How to read of book of secrets / William Eamon -- What is a secret? Secrets and craft knowledge in early modern Europe / Pamela H. Smith -- The secrets of Sir Hugh Platt / Ayesha Mukherjee -- Robert Boyle and secrecy / Michael Hunter -- Openness vs. secrecy in the Hartlib Circle: Revisiting 'Democratic Baconianism' in Interregnum England / Michelle DiMeo -- Anna Zieglerin's alchemical revelations / Tara Nummedal -- Face waters, oils, love magic and poison: Making and selling secrets in early modern Rome / Tessa Storey -- Keeping beauty secrets in early modern Iberia / Montserrat Cabré -- Secrets to healthy living: The revival of the preventive paradigm in late Renaissance Italy / Sandra Cavallo -- Secrets of place: The medical casebooks of Vivant-Augustin Ganiare / Lisa Wynne Smith.


Includes Chapters

Chapter Smith, Pamela H. (2011) What is a secret? Secrets and craft knowledge in early modern Europe. In: Secrets and knowledge in medicine and science, 1500--1800 (pp. 47-68). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Giuseppe Papagno
Stolberg, Michael
Davids, Karel A.
Sean David Parrish
Stronks, Els
John J. Martin
Concepts
Medicine
Secrecy
Knowledge and learning
Cross-national comparison
Metabolism; physiological chemistry
Crafts and craftspeople
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Early modern
16th century
19th century
15th century
Places
Europe
Netherlands
Italy
England
Portugal
Egypt
Institutions
Habsburg, House of
Universidade de Coimbra
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