Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England

Download or read book Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England written by Mary J. Dobson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-28 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in early modern England. Using a wide range of sources for the southeast of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries of time. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the way patients and practitioners perceived, understood and reacted to the multitude of fevers, poxes and plagues in past times.