Spaces, Objects and Identities in Early Modern Italian Medicine
Sandra Cavallo, David Gentilcore
Wiley-Blackwell
This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.<ul><li>Brings together historians of medicine and scholars of different backgrounds who are re-visiting the field from new perspectives and with the support of innovative questions and unexplored sources<li>Explores crucial areas of intersection between the territory of medicine and that of law, politics, religion, art and material culture and highlights the connections between these apparently separate fields<li>Challenges our understanding of what we regard as medical activities, medical identities, spaces and objects<li>Addresses the study of medical careers, medical identities and spaces where medical activities were performed e.g. apothecary shops, courtrooms, convents and museums</ul>