Misery to mirth recovery from illness in early modern England

The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies and died. 'Misery to Mirth' seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from i...

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Main Author: Newton, Hannah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018, 2018
Edition:First edition
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