‘Getting’ the Pox: Reflections by an Historian on How to Write the History of Early Modern Disease

‘Getting’ the Pox: Reflections by an Historian on How to Write the History of Early Modern Disease

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This article reflects upon the recent return to linear history writing in medical history. It takes as its starting point a critique of the current return to constructivist ideas, suggesting the use of other methodological choices and interpretations to the surviving archival and textural sources of...

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Main Author: Claudia Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies 2014-06-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Subjects:
medical history
medical semiotics
constructivism
Online Access:http://www.nordicsts.org/index.php/njsts/article/view/1201407/Stein

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http://www.nordicsts.org/index.php/njsts/article/view/1201407/Stein

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