The Reception of Fracastoro's Theory of Contagion: The Seed That Fell among Thorns?

@article{Nutton1990TheRO,
  title={The Reception of Fracastoro's Theory of Contagion: The Seed That Fell among Thorns?},
  author={V. Nutton},
  journal={Osiris},
  year={1990},
  volume={6},
  pages={196 - 234}
}
  • V. Nutton
  • Published 1990
  • Medicine, Sociology
  • Osiris
JN MANY MODERN HANDBOOKS of medical history, the medical RenaisI sance of the sixteenth century signifies the lighting of the torch of progress after the dark centuries of the Middle Ages. Anatomists and surgeons, the true devotees of experience, at last triumph over the argumentative theoreticians and jargon-ridden physicians. Due prominence is given to the introduction of new drugs from the Americas or from the laboratories of the chemical Paracelsians, but the therapies of the average… Expand
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