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This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine. As the most widely produced and distributed form of printed material in early modern England, almanacs had an immense power to propagate and reinforce traditional, orthodox ideas about medical care throughout England. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
List of illustrations
Preface
Part I: Setting the scene
1. The medical marketplace, print culture and popular medicine
2. The genre of almanacs
3. 'Students of Astrology and Physick': the authors
4. 'Courteous Readers': the target audience
Part II: Structures of practice and knowledge
5.Astrology and almanacs
6. Astrological 'physick' and almanacs
6. 'To keep out disease': preventative medicine
7. 'A putting to and a taking away': remedial medicine
8. Nostrums for Sale: advertising and almanacs
9. 'The Care of the Brute Beast': astrological medicine for animals
Part III: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069291, 978-0719069291
      ISBN10: 0719069297

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine. As the most widely produced and distributed form of printed material in early modern England, almanacs had an immense power to propagate and reinforce traditional, orthodox ideas about medical care throughout England. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      List of abbreviations
      List of illustrations
      Preface
      Part I: Setting the scene
      1. The medical marketplace, print culture and popular medicine
      2. The genre of almanacs
      3. 'Students of Astrology and Physick': the authors
      4. 'Courteous Readers': the target audience
      Part II: Structures of practice and knowledge
      5.Astrology and almanacs
      6. Astrological 'physick' and almanacs
      6. 'To keep out disease': preventative medicine
      7. 'A putting to and a taking away': remedial medicine
      8. Nostrums for Sale: advertising and almanacs
      9. 'The Care of the Brute Beast': astrological medicine for animals
      Part III: Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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