Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England

Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England PDF Author: Mary J. Dobson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521404648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670

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Book Description
This book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in early modern England. Using a wide range of sources for the southeast of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries of time. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the way patients and practitioners perceived, understood and reacted to the multitude of fevers, poxes and plagues in past times.