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How did people of the past explain and deal with illness? This pioneering new book explores the wide range of healers and forms of healing in the southern half of the Italian peninsula that was the kingdom of Naples between 1600 and 1800. Drawing on numerous sources, the book uncovers religious and popular ideas about disease and its causation and cures--and uncovers new territory in the history of medicine.


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  • Author : David Gentilcore
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Genre : Alternative medicine
  • Total Pages : 264 pages
  • ISBN : 9780719041990
  • PDF File Size : 20,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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