1st Edition
Renaissance Surgeons Learning and Expertise in the Age of Print
By Kristy Wilson Bowers
Copyright 2022
170 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the lives, careers, and publications of a group of Spanish Renaissance surgeons as exemplars of both the surgical renaissance occurring across Europe and of the unique context of Spain.
In the sixteenth century, European surgeons forged new identities as learned experts who combined university medical degrees with manual skills and practical experience. No longer merely... Read more
0. Introduction 1. Physicians and Surgeons: Medical Learning and Licensing 2. Spanish Learned Surgeons: A Broad and Connected Movement 3. Sharing Knowledge: Learned Surgical Texts 4. Refining Knowledge and Practice: Empiricism, Tradition, and Innovation 5. Expanding Expertise: New Problems and New Treatments 6. Conclusion
Biography
Kristy Wilson Bowers is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri. She is the author of Plague and Public Health in Early Modern Seville (2013), as well as several articles related to the history of medicine in early modern Spain.
