Chapter 7 Medical practitioners as collectors and communicators of natural history in Ireland, 1680-1750

This chapter argues for the significant role played by Irish-based medics as collectors and communicators of natural history in the period 1680-1750. It demonstrates that the relative isolation of practitioners in Ireland meant that their findings could sometimes be seen by those elsewhere as carryi...

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Yazar: Marples, Alice (auth)
Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
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Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Manchester, UK Manchester University Press 2019
Seri Bilgileri:Social Histories of Medicine
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