Fictions of Well-being: Sickly Readers and Vernacular Medical Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

by Michael Solomon (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $78.25

  In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides.