Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047425977
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Content:
Preliminary Materials /E.L. Furdell -- Introduction - The “Biography” Of A Disease And Its Sufferers /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter One. The Early History Of Diabetes From Classical Times To The Renaissance: Diagnoses And Descriptions /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Two. Renaissance Diabetics And Their Doctors: Changing Treatments For Revolutionary Times /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Three. Early Modern Medicine In Print And Diabetes: Published Advice And Imagery /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Four. Diabetes And Seventeenth-Century Medical Controversy /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Five. Reconstructing Diabetic Life In Early Modern England /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Six. Diabetic Specialists And Their Patients In The Long Nineteenth Century: Competition For A Cure /E.L. Furdell -- Chapter Seven. After Insulin: The Lingering Effects Of An Incurable Disease /E.L. Furdell -- Epilogue /E.L. Furdell -- Bibliography /E.L. Furdell -- Index /E.L. Furdell.
Content:
Although ancient and medieval doctors knew of the disorder called diabetes, the disease they treated was rare and largely confined to young sufferers. By the late Renaissance, however, the increasing incidence of diabetes in older adults required a re-examination of what caused the malady and how to cure it. Led by English healers, such as controversial apothecary Nicholas Culpeper and elite physician Thomas Willis, the study of diabetes produced significant debate in print over the locus of the disease and remedies for its treatment. These debates paralleled the growing schism in English medical circles over contradictory iatric theories and professional jurisdiction. On the eve of insulin's discovery, diabetologists still quarrelled over what diets might alleviate its symptoms. Including perspectives from patients and drawing on myriad sources, this book examines changing approaches to diabetes and its victims within the context of medical and scientific progress
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-190) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004172500
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004172505
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004172500
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004172500.i-195
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