Casanova's Guide to Medicine

Casanova's Guide to Medicine
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : 9781526779229
ISBN-13 : 1526779226
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Book Synopsis Casanova's Guide to Medicine by : Lisetta Lovett

Download or read book Casanova's Guide to Medicine written by Lisetta Lovett and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the stereotype! Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manqué doctor. Fortunately for us, he wrote his memoirs at the end of his life on the advice of his doctor to control his propensity to depression. Although these often have been harvested for information on political, cultural and social aspects of his time, the insights they give about medical practice and the lived experiences of illness have been largely neglected. This book addresses this deficiency through exploring in detail what Casanova wrote on a variety of conditions that include venereal disease and female complaints, duelling injuries, suicide, skin complaints and stroke and even piles. These descriptions provide alternately grim and amusing insights about public health measures, the doctor-patient relationship, medical etiquette and the dominant medical theories of the era. To help the reader understand the historical significance of the medical subjects covered, the author integrates throughout the book an extensive historical context drawn from contemporary sources of information and current history of medicine literature


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