05583namaa2201165uu 4500 oapen31268 oapen 20251217011900.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 240424s2017a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 992562004 OCoLC 9781526113474 (OCoLC)992562004 oapen oapen eng dc 1 thema 1D thema 1DS thema 1DST thema H thema HB thema HBL thema HBLH thema HBT thema HBTB thema M thema MB thema MBX thema Cavallo, Sandra aut Conserving health in early modern culture: Bodies and environments in Italy and England Manchester University Press 2017 1 online resource (344 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Social Histories of Medicine Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star "Conserving health in early modern culture explores the impact of ideas about healthy living in early modern England and Italy. The attention of medical historians has largely been focussed on the study of illness and medical treatment, yet prevention was one of the cornerstones of early modern medicine. According to Galenic-Hippocratic thought, the preservation of health depended on the careful management of the so-called six 'Non-Naturals': the air one breathed; food and drink; excretions; sleep; movement and rest; and emotions. Drawing on visual, material and textual sources, the contributors show the pervasiveness of the preventive paradigm in early modern culture and society. In particular it becomes apparent that concern for the non-naturals informed lay people's daily lives and routines as well as stimulating innovation in material culture and painting, and influencing discourses in fields as diverse as geology, natural philosophy and religion. At the same time the volume challenges the common assumption that health advice was a uniform and stable body of knowledge, showing instead that models of healthy living were tailored to different genders, age-groups and categories of patients; they also varied over time and depended on the geographical context. In particular, significant differences emerge between what was regarded as beneficial or harmful to health in England and Italy. As well as showing the value of a comparative perspective of study, this interdisciplinary volume will appeal to a wide readership, interested not just in health practices, but in print culture, histories of women, infancy, the environment and of art and material culture." Funded by: Wellcome Trust Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Health History 16th century. Public health Great Britain History 16th century. Public health Italy History 16th century. Public Health history Santé publique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 16e siècle. Santé publique Italie Histoire 16e siècle. Santé Histoire 16e siècle. Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700. bicssc Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 thema Europe. bicssc Europe thema Gesundheitsvorsorge gnd HEALTH & FITNESS Healthy Living. bisacsh HEALTH & FITNESS Holism. bisacsh HEALTH & FITNESS Reference. bisacsh Health and Wellbeing. ukslc Health fast History of medicine. bicssc History of medicine thema History: earliest times to present day. bicssc History: earliest times to present day thema History: specific events & topics thema History: specific events and topics. bicssc History. bicssc History thema HISTORY Modern 18th Century. bisacsh Humanities. bicssc Humanities thema Hygiene gnd Italy. bicssc Italy thema MEDICAL Preventive Medicine. bisacsh Medicine and Nursing thema Medicine: general issues. bicssc Medicine: general issues thema Medicine. bicssc Place qualifiers thema Public health fast Public Health gnd Social & cultural history thema Social and cultural history. bicssc Social conditions fast Southern Europe. bicssc Southern Europe thema comparative history early modern england early modern italy environment health lifestyle preventive medicine vernacular medical texts Cavallo, Sandra edt Storey, Tessa edt OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31268 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 37699 37699