Political Medicine in Early Modern Spain, or How Physicians Counsel the King
The organicist metaphor of the body as a political microcosm is in line with a tradition among physicians towards involvement in matters of state. In early modern Spain this metaphor flourishes, medicine being then understood as integral to the state apparatus. Andrés Laguna, Juan Huarte de San Juan...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2020]
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 419-443 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBH Iberian Peninsula NCH Medical ethics ZC Politics in general |
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Laguna, Andres de, 1499-1559
B Physicians; Political activity B Sabuco de Nantes y Barrera, Oliva, b. 1562 B Huarte de San Juan, Juan B SPANISH history B Early Modern History B Medicine & politics B Perez de Herrera, Cristobal |