The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine by Bates, A. W.

The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004284814)

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The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine by Bates, A. W.

The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine

$223.00
The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine by Bates, A. W.

The Body of Evidence: Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine

$223.00
Format: Hardcover
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When, why and how was it first believed that the corpse could reveal 'signs' useful for understanding the causes of death and eventually identifying those responsible for it? The Body of Evidence. Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine, edited by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia, shows how in the late Middle Ages the dead body, which had previously rarely been questioned, became a specific object of investigation by doctors, philosophers, theologians and jurists. The volume sheds new light on the elements of continuity, but also on the effort made to liberate the semantization of the corpse from what were, broadly speaking, necromantic practices, which would eventually merge into forensic medicine.

Author: A. W. Bates
ISBN-10: 9004284818
ISBN-13: 9789004284814
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 01/23/2020
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.81d
By A. W. Bates
By A. W. Bates
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Francesco Paolo de Ceglia, Ph.D. (2001), is a Professor of History of Science at the University of Bari, where he directs the Interuniversity Research Center, Seminary of the History of Science. He has often been a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He has published monographs and articles on the relationship between the history of science and theology, including The Secret of Saint Januarius. Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle (Einaudi, 2016).

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