{"product_id":"the-true-medicine-volume-4-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780772720672","title":"The True Medicine Volume 4 Other Voice in Early","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With unprecedented clarity and care, Gianna Pomata brings an important text in the history of scientific authorship to the attention of modern-day readers. Published in Spain in 1587 under the name of \u003ci\u003eOliva Sabuco, True Philosophy of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, of which\u003ci\u003e The True Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is part, was soon thereafter claimed to be the work of her father’s pen. Since the beginning of the 20th century approaches to the text have often focused uncritically on the authorial controversy, providing polarized irreconcilable interpretations. Pomata, however, explores the wider context of production and reception of \u003ci\u003eTrue Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e with analytical sophistication, making it inseparable from the authorial question and tracing the most reliable historical understanding to date of this influential text. Her English translation flows accurately while avoiding anachronism and will surely become standard reference for anyone interested in the cultural history of female authorship or early modern medicine and science.\" * Montserrat Cabré, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain *\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the first printed medical texts to be attributed to a female author, \u003ci\u003eThe True Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e (1587) is radically innovative in its rejection of contemporary medical theory for a more pro-feminist physiology and cosmology. Although Pomata does not conclusively solve the puzzle of whether this fascinating and influential work was written by Oliva Sabuco or her father, she offers a masterly review of the evidence. This splendid translation, together with its authoritative introduction and annotations, will be of the greatest interest to scholars and teachers in the history of science and medicine, women's history, and early modern studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Katharine Park, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA Book that was Missing in the World 1\u003cbr\u003eThe Precarious Fame of Doña Oliva: The Issue of Authorship 8\u003cbr\u003eMoon Milk: The Medical Heresy of Nueva Filosofia 30\u003cbr\u003eEchoes of the Querelle des Femmes in Early Modern Medicine 53\u003cbr\u003eAftermath: Sabucus Hispanus in England and Beyond 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on the Translation 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslation, The True Medicine 91\u003cbr\u003eLetter from Doña Oliva Sabuco to Sir Don Francisco Zapata 92\u003cbr\u003eDialogue on the True Medicine 95\u003cbr\u003eOf the Two Natures: one that gives birth, one that gives growth 126\u003cbr\u003eOf critical, or otherwise said, decretory days 148\u003cbr\u003eQuestion of the shape of the brain’s marrow, membranes, skull, scalp, and crown of the head 152\u003cbr\u003eOf the chyle, or juice, and its varieties 159\u003cbr\u003eNew and old medicine compared and contrasted: the old medicine refuted 166\u003cbr\u003eComparison and refutation: on poisons 167\u003cbr\u003eComparison and refutation: on purgative remedies 168\u003cbr\u003eComparison and refutation: on hemorrhoids 171\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on aliments 173\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on supervening diseases 173\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on the way the aliment enters the body 178\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on crudities 182\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on drink and food 184\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on anger 186\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on sweat 189\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on idiopathy, sympathy, and consent 191\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on apoplexy and epilepsy 197\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on diverting disease to another place 200\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on temperaments and actions 203\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on the four moistures discovered by Avicenna 206\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on semen 209\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on the causes of diseases 210\u003cbr\u003eComparison: on fevers 211\u003cbr\u003eAll that has been said is proved with evident reasons 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex 255","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404893823319,"sku":"9780772720672","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-true-medicine-volume-4-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780772720672","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}