In the largely humoral model of medicine predominant in the early modern period, disease causation was very different to what it is today. There was no germ theory; the causes of ill-health were usually described in relation to an individual’s humoral balance, although a very small set of diseases, such as the so-called French pox and the plague were seen as contagious.
Last Name | First Name | Title Sort ascending | Date |
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Jewel | Edward | A brief discourse of the stomach and parts subservient... | 1678 |