You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century : diseases you'd rather not catch / written by Kathryn Senior ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.
Author/creator |
Senior, Kathryn |
Other author/creator | Antram, David, 1958- |
Other author/creator | Salariya, David. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | New York : Franklin Watts, ©2002. |
Description | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Introduction -- Tough start -- Padua-center of learning -- Blood, glorious blood! -- When humor wasn't funny -- Battlefield horrors -- Plagued by infections -- Hospital surgery -- Quacks and witches -- Herbs and the apothecary -- Barbaric births -- At war again-the Armada -- End of an era. |
Abstract | A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England. |
General note | "A Franklin Watts library edition." |
General note | Includes index. |
LCCN | 2001045596 |
ISBN | 0531146057 |
ISBN | 0531163660 (pbk.) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 610.942 SE57Y | ✔ Available | Place Hold |