The changing construction of the human being in medical discourse concerning melancholy
The latter half of the seventeenth century brought the scientific revolution and a new style and habit of thought. This thesis examines medical texts from the period 1620-1750in order to relate the changes wrought by the scientific revolution to changes in the ways physicians envisioned the nature o...
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| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2165 |