The prince's body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine
"This book is part of the current debate among historians of medicine, cultural studies theorists, gender and sexuality scholars, and literary critics regarding key interrelated preoccupations of the early modern period (or indeed of any period): sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. The...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press,
[2015]
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| Titres liés à la collection: | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
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| Sujets: | Medicine, Medieval Renaissance Medicine Human body Aging Beauty, Personal Human reproduction Rejuvenation Vincenzo Leiblichkeit plus... |
| Description matérielle: | 273 Seiten |
Table des matières:
- The prince's bodyThe virgin cure : manual exams and early modern surgeons
- The aesthetic cure : skin disease, noses, and the invention of plastic surgery
- The comfort cure : managing pain and catarrh at the spa
- The sexual cure : searching for a Viagra in the New World
- Epilogue: Unwrapping the body.