The prince's body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine / Valeria Finucci.
The prince's body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine / Valeria Finucci.
The prince's body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine / Valeria Finucci.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/1774
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English
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Physical content
273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The prince's body -- The 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: Unwrapp...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"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 author uses as her guide four notorious moments in the...
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The prince's body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine / Valeria Finucci.
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I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
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G 2016/1774
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74VKVPaMZ3jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPaMZ3jA
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ISBN
9780674725454 (alkaline paper)
DDC
610.945
MMS ID
991023993313202626
