The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack
how to stay alive in renaissance england
$37.79
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2026
Summary
The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: A Renaissance Revolution in Medicine
Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine.
When we imagine Renaissance medicine, the cliché is dreadful – unsterile instruments, a total lack of anaesthetics and shocking levels of infant and maternal mortality. And that’s before you get into astrology, bloodletting and a litany of bizarre ‘treatments’, more likely to kill than cure…
As ever, the true picture is somewhat different. Here,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836430773 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836430779 |
| Author: | Dr. Alanna Skuse |
| Publisher: | Oneworld Publications |
| Imprint: | Oneworld Publications |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 33mm |
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About The Author
Dr. Alanna Skuse
Dr. Alanna Skuse is a literary scholar, historian, and author with a focus on stories about medicine, bodies, and Renaissance England. She teaches literature as Associate Professor at the University of Reading and has published academic books and articles on the history of cancer, surgery, disability, Shakespeare, and self-harm. She also runs public history projects, and writes and broadcasts for BBC Radio, Wellcome Stories, the Conversation, and History Today.
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