On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Girolamo Mercuriale, Craig Martin (Translator)Publish date:2022-01-04Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812253542ISBN-10:081225354XUPC:9780812253542Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:Europe, Forensic MedicineBook Topic:Renaissance, ItalySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNCRE6BK0
On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague
In the spring of 1576, the Health Office of Venice, fearful of a growing outbreak of plague, imposed a quarantine upon the city. The move was controversial, with some in power questioning the precise nature of the disease and concerned about the economic and political impact of the closure. A tribunal of physicians was summoned by the Doge, among them Girolamo Mercuriale, professor of medicine in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812253542ISBN-10:081225354XUPC:9780812253542Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:Europe, Forensic MedicineBook Topic:Renaissance, ItalySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNCRE6BK0
Craig Martin is Associate Professor of the History of Science and Technology in the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at the Universita Ca' Foscari, Venice.
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