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‘Nature Concocts & Expels’: The Agents and Processes of Recovery from Disease in Early Modern England

The ‘golden saying’ in early modern medicine was ‘Nature is the healer of disease’. This article uncovers the meaning and significance of this forgotten axiom by investigating perceptions of the agents and physiological processes of recovery from illness in England, c.1580–1720. Drawing on sources s...

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Autor principal: Newton, Hannah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26217069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkv022