Richard Sugg

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires (eBook, PDF)

The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribe, swallow or wear human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin in an attempt to heal themselves of epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression. Richard Sugg shows that, far from being a medieval therapy, corpse medicine was at its height during the social and scientific revolutions of early-modern Britain, surviving well into the eighteenth century. Now accompanied by a companion website, this is an essential read for students of the history of medicine and early modern history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317354895
• Artikelnr.: 44169746

Autorenporträt

Richard Sugg is lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of Durham. His previous publications include: John Donne (Palgrave, 2007), Murder After Death (Cornell, 2007), The Smoke of the Soul (Palgrave, 2013), and The Secret History of the Soul (Cambridge Scholars, 2013). He has just completed his sixth book, The Real Vampires.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter One: The Middle Ages to the Civil War Chapter Two: The
Civil War to the Eighteenth Century Chapter Three: The Bloody Harvest:
Sources of Human Body Parts Chapter Four: The Other Cannibals: Man-eaters
of the New World Chapter Five: Dirty History, Filthy Medicine Chapter Six:
Eating the Soul Chapter Seven: Opposition and Ambivalence: pre-Eighteenth
Century Chapter Eight: The Eighteenth Century Conclusion: Afterlives