The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack : How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England Food & society

The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack : How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England Food & societyAuthor: Skuse, Dr. Alanna British Isles Published on 16 October 2025 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom. Hardback 384 pages 147 x 226 x 36 488g Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine and how not to die in the Renaissance'An entertaining history of medicine Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry wit.' Dan Jones, The Sunday TimesThe cliched view medicine in the Renaissance world is dreadful: gore

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Their translation is accompanied in this edition by an introduction by Richard Pevear and a preface by John Bayley'The new and brilliantly witty translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is a must' - Lisa Appignanesi

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