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Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

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Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries book

Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

DOI link for Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries book

ByJames Kelly
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 6 May 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315589817
Pages 242 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315589817
SubjectsHumanities
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Kelly, J., Clark, F. (Ed.). (2010). Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315589817

The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruously with the persistence of Galenic theory, superstition and blood-letting. Yet despite continued research into the period as a whole, most work has focussed on the metropolitan centres of England, Scotland and France, ignoring the huge range of national and regional practice. This collection aims to go some way to rectifying this situation, providing an exploration of the changes and developments in medicine as practised in Ireland and by Irish physicians studying and working abroad during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Bringing together research undertaken into the neglected area of Irish medical and social history across a variety of disciplines, including history of medicine, Colonial Latin American history, Irish, and French history, it builds upon ground-breaking work recently published by several of the contributors, thereby augmenting our understanding of the role of medicine within early modern Irish society and its broader scientific and intellectual networks. By addressing fundamental issues that reach beyond the medical institutions, the collection expands our understanding of Irish medicine and throws new light on medical practices and the broader cultural and social issues of early modern Ireland, Europe, and Latin America. Taking a variety of approaches and sources, ranging from the use of eplistolary exchange to the study of medical receipt books, legislative practice to belief in miracles, local professionalization to international networks, each essay offers a fascinating insight into a still largely neglected area. Furthermore, the collection argues for the importance of widening current research to consider the importance and impact of early Irish medical traditions, networks, and practices, and their interaction with related issues, such as politics, gender, economic demand, and religious belief.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|22 pages

The Role of Graduate Physicians in Professionalising Medical Practice in Ireland, c. 1619–54

chapter 2|14 pages

Medical Practice and Gaelic Ireland

ByCharlie Dillon

chapter 3|20 pages

Medicine and Miracles in the Late Seventeenth Century: Bernard Connor’s Evangelium Medici (1697)

chapter 4|36 pages

Medicine, Religion and Social Mobility in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland

chapter 5|28 pages

Domestic Medication and Medical Care in Late

ByEarly Modern Ireland

chapter 6|26 pages

Institutional Medicine and State Intervention in Eighteenth-Century

ByIreland

chapter 7|20 pages

Gendered Medical Advice within Anglo-Irish Correspondence: A Case Study of the Cary-Jurin Letters

chapter 8|14 pages

The Wider Cultures of Eighteenth-Century Irish Doctors

chapter 9|20 pages

Advancing the Medical Career Abroad: The Case of Daniel O’Sullivan (1760–c.1797)*

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