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Author:

Henderson, John, 1949-

Title:

The renaissance hospital : healing the body and healing the soul / John Henderson.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxxiv, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hospitals--Florence--Florence--History--To 1500.
Hospitals--Florence--Florence--History--16th century.
Hospitals--Florence--Florence--History--17th century.
Renaissance--Florence.--Florence.
Hospitals--history--Italy.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600--Italy.
History, Medieval--Italy.
Hospitalization--Italy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-439) and index.

Contents:

Hospitals and the body of the city -- Before the black death: the birth of the clinic -- The Early Renaissance: medicine for the body and medicine for the soul -- The Late Renaissance: beauty, sickness and the poor -- Healing the soul -- 'To the almighty physician no infirmity is incurable': the role of the hospital church -- 'Splendid houses of treatment built at vast expense': wards and the care of the body and soul -- Serving the poor: the nursing community -- Healing the body -- Treating the poor: doctors and their duties -- 'Antechambers of death'? -- Treating the poor: apothecaries, pills and potions.

ISBN:

9780300109955
0300109954

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63396587

LCCN:

2006927747

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)