Mountebanks and Medicasters A History of Italian Charlatans from the Middle Ages to the Present |
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| Author:
| Gambaccini, Piero
Lippitt, Bettie |
| Foreword by:
| Cosmacini, Giorgio |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-1606-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2004 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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Italian medical charlatans, wandering quacks who traded in remedies, accompanied real medicine like a dark shadow during its slow progress. This work recounts the history and adventures of these ingenious quacks who were sought after and imitated all over Europe
Italian medical charlatans, wandering quacks who traded in remedies, accompanied real medicine like a dark shadow during its slow progress. This work recounts the history and adventures of these ingenious quacks who were sought after and imitated all over Europe