Originally published in 1990, Medicine at the Courts of Europe 1500-1837 is a collection of essays examining the whole range of medical activities in a variety of European courts, from Rome of the Borgias to the Russia of Catherine the Great.
This volume offers a comprehensive historical survey of medicine in sixteenth-century Europe and examines both medical theories and practices within their intellectual and social context.
The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds has been updated to incorporate the many new discoveries made in the field over the last decade. Ancient Medicine will remain the definitive textbook on the subject for students and scholars.