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Book SynopsisUsing the sole surviving admissions book for Toledo, Spain's Hospital de Santiago, Cristian Berco reconstructs the lives of men and women afflicted with the pox by tracing their experiences before, during, and after their hospitalization.
Trade Review'Berco is to be commended for making such diligent and fruitful use of what are generally quite dry and often tedious records to scour... This book contributes an important perspective for both medical and social historians.' -- Kristy Wilson Bowers Canadian Journal of History vol 51:03:2016 'Berco's study provides an important contribution for any future comparative work. Scholars should benefit from and extend Berco's innovative use of sources.' -- Mona O'Brien H-Histsex, H-Net Reviews August 2016
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1. Getting Sick: Signs, Sin, and Social Worth Chapter 2. Encounters of the Third Kind: Medical Assumptions and Patients Chapter 3. Melting Pot: The Hospital de Santiago's Patients Chapter 4. Safeguarding Reputation: Gender, Hospitalization, and Textiles Chapter 5. Between Body and Soul: Treatment at the Hospital de Santiago Chapter 6. Getting Hitched: Pox, Sexuality and Marriage Chapter 7. Making Ends Meet: Disease, Work, and Family Chapter 8. Playing Nice with Others: Pox and Community Conclusion
