Making Physicians: Tradition, Teaching, and Trials at Leiden University, 1575-1639: 106 (Clio Medica, 106) - Hardcover

Evan R. Ragland

 
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Synopsis

Making Physicians displays the pedagogical practices that formed students into physicians, debunking longstanding myths by showing how much anatomy, sense experience, and materials mattered to Galenic medicine. Humanist book learning combined with hands-on training with medicines and exploring bodies, both living and dead.

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About the Author

Evan R. Ragland, Ph.D. (2012), Indiana University Bloomington, is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He has published articles and edited volumes on the histories of early modern European science, medicine, natural philosophy, chymistry, and experimentation.

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