CSSLibraryGuides: The World of the Eighteenth Century (for English Majors): Medicine

The Doctor's Visit

The Doctor Visiting the Sick Bed, artist unknown (18th century).

Image from Art Museum Image Gallery.

Health and Wellness in the Renaissance and Enlightenment
Call Number: Ref. RA776.5 .B97 2013
The Cambridge World History of Human Disease
Call Number: Ref. R131 .C233 1993
World-wide coverage from ancient times to the present - by country and by disease. Scholarly articles with bibliographies.
Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present
Call Number: Ref. HQ1075 .W675 2008
There is an extended article on the 18th century.
Dictionary of Medical Biography
Call Number: Ref. R134 .D57 2007
5 volumes.

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