'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine'
Download or Read eBook 'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine' PDF written by Deborah Madden and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Deborah Madden |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2015-06-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789401204958 |
ISBN-13 | : 9401204950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis 'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine' by : Deborah Madden
Book excerpt: John Wesley’s Primitive Physic (1747) achieved twenty-three editions in his lifetime, ensuring its popular – and controversial – status in eighteenth-century medicine. This is the first full-length study to examine the theological, intellectual and cultural background to one of the period’s most successful medical texts. By exploring Wesley’s work in the context of his theology, ‘A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine’ extends the on-going reconfiguration of the relationship between religion and medicine.