{"product_id":"the-dying-and-the-doctors-the-medical-revolution-in-seventeenth-century-england-9780861933266","title":"The Dying and the Doctors: The Medical Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the sixteenth century onwards, medical strategies adopted by the seriously ill and dying changed radically, decade by decade, from the Elizabethan age of astrological medicine to the emergence of the general practitioner in the early eighteenth century. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is this profound revolution, in both medical and religious terms, as whole communities' hopes for physical survival shifted from God to the doctor, that this book charts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than eighteen thousand probate accounts, it identifies massive increases in the consumption of medicines and medical advice by all social groups and in almost all areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost importantly, it examines the role of the towns in providing medical services to rural areas and hinterlands [using the diocese of Canterbury as a particular focus], and demonstrates the extending ranges of physicians', surgeons' and apothecaries' businesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also identifies a comparable revolution in community nursing, from its unskilled status in 1600 to a more exclusive one by 1700.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIAN MORTIMER holds PhD and DLitt degrees from the University of Exeter. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Mortimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Historical Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861933266\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMortimer, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hon. Research Fellow, University of Exeter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Historical Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40223111807091,"sku":"0861933265","price":66.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5c033d4b-0c82-4b6d-a06b-4e22e730eb6a.jpg?v=1656682646","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-dying-and-the-doctors-the-medical-revolution-in-seventeenth-century-england-9780861933266","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}