Pathology in Practice: Diseases and Dissections in Early Modern Europe
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 1451809
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.4324/9781315599670
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781472463814
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- 'Pathology in Practice: Diseases and Dissections in Early Modern Europe' is the outcome of an international workshop on the history of early modern post-mortems held at the University of Geneva in 2012. Having contributed to the design and organization of this event, De Renzi took the lead in planning a publication that gives larger significance to recent research in this expanding field. This involved extensive intellectual and editorial input and in sharpening the analytical focus of the volume, selecting the most pertinent contributions from the workshop, and commissioning chapters from other scholars to ensure broad geographical coverage and to showcase a variety of sources and approaches. Besides contributing her own chapter based on her research into the complex epistemological nature of dissections, De Renzi was the lead editor, playing the major role in drafting the proposal, securing the contract, finalising the structure of the volume, and providing critical editorial feedback to authors. She co-authored the substantial introduction (50% contribution) which sets out the conceptual work, major historiographical revision and methodological innovations of the volume, setting the agenda for further research. The volume’s originality lies in combining the approaches of social and intellectual history and in exploring the multifarious uses of dissections and their role in medical debates over two centuries. The book challenges received views that ignored the significance of post-mortems for medical knowledge and opens new perspectives on the history of early modern anatomy and medicine.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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