Title Plague, Print, and the Reformation : the German Reform of Healing, 1473-1573

Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages) Series The History of Medicine in Context History of medicine in context. Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An introduction to plague treatises and plague medicine -- Chapter outline -- Notes -- 1 Printed plague literature in the late Middle Ages, 1473â#x80;#x93;1519 -- Popularizing advice: Vernacular and Latin treatises between manuscript and print -- A late medieval plague pamphlet and its natural medical content -- Mercy, consolation, and Christo-centric piety in popular print after 1500 -- Conclusion Notes2 The German medicine of Johann Vochs: Medical and cultural reform on the eve of the Reformation -- A new German identity and the Renaissance discovery of northern Europe -- German locality and indigenous medicine as reform -- Experience in medicine: Vochsâ#x80;#x99;s attack on sophistry and alchemy -- The indigenous medicine movement after Vochs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 The reformation of healing: Plague, physicians, and Protestantism in the 1520s -- From saints to natural medicine: the first signs of reform -- The revolt and activism of 1521 The Protestant reform of â#x80;#x9C;spiritual medicineâ#x80;#x9D;The Protestant Reformation and natural medicine -- The reform of healing in popular print and images -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 The plague cures of Caspar Kegler: Print, alchemy, and medical marketing, 1521â#x80;#x93;1607 -- Commerce, plague, and medicine in Leipzig -- Print and the making of Keglerâ#x80;#x99;s signature cures -- A prescription for novel times: alchemy, plague, and the Reformation -- Branding and marketing the Kegler family cures -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes 5 The flourishing of German medicine, 1530â#x80;#x93;1580: Humanism, empiricism, and Protestantism Johann Reusch and the revival of Johann Vochs -- Tarquinius Schnellenberg and the German medicine of the botanists -- The Lutheran reform of healing in plague literature after 1540 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- The rise of the Paracelsians after 1560 -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Publication history of Caspar Keglerâ#x80;#x99;s pamphlets -- Appendix 2: Vernacular plague texts 1473â#x80;#x93;1607 in chronological order -- Bibliography -- Manuscript sources Summary "This book surveys a neglected set of sources, German plague prints and treatises published between 1473 and 1573, in order to explore the intertwined histories of plague, print, medicine and religion during the Reformation era. It argues that a particularly German reform of healing flourished in printed texts during the Renaissance and Reformation as physicians and clerics devised innovative responses to the era's persistent epidemics. These reforms are "German" since they reflect the innovative trends that originated in or were particularly strong within German-speaking lands, including the rapid growth of vernacular print, Protestantism, and new interest in alchemy and the native plants of Northern Europe that were unknown to the ancients. Their reforms are also "German" in the sense that they unfolded mainly in vernacular print, which encouraged physicians to produce local knowledge, grounded in personal experience and local observations as much as universal theories. This book contributes to the history of medicine and science by tracing the growth of more empirical forms of medical knowledge. It also contributes to the history of the Renaissance and Reformation by uncovering the innovative contributions of various forgotten physicians. This book presents the broadest study of German plague treatises in any language."--Provided by publisher Notes ""Printed primary sources (works not included in Appendix 2)""""Secondary sources"" Print version record Subject Plague -- Treatment -- Germany -- History Healing -- Germany -- History Printing -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History Pamphlets -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History Medical literature -- Germany -- History and criticism Plague in literature. Healing in literature. Protestantism -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History Reformation -- Germany. Healing Healing in literature Medical literature Plague in literature Plague -- Treatment Printing -- Social aspects Reformation Germany Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317080268 1317080262

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