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Medicine and the Science of the Stars

Astrological Physick in Early Modern England

Louise Hill Curth (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-5586-4 (ISBN)

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Despite the modern view of astrology as a pseudoscience, the movements and corresponding effects of the stars played a major role in early modern English society and culture. This holds particularly true of its use in "physick" [the contemporary term for medicine]. As it had for centuries, astrological physick involved every aspect of health and illness for all living creatures from the moment of birth until that of death. Although a great deal of academic attention has been paid to the theory of Galenic or "Hippo-Galenic" medicine, the same has not been true for the astrological component; rather surprisingly given the symbiotic relationship between Galenic and astrological principles. Filling this gap and providing an original contribution to scholarship, this is the first monograph to focus exclusively on early modern astrological medicine. This systematic introduction will provide scholars with an understanding of the key principles behind the science of the stars, the ways in which this information was disseminated and practiced in early modern England.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.07.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Astrologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4724-5586-X / 147245586X
ISBN-13	978-1-4724-5586-4 / 9781472455864
Zustand	Neuware