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The Renaissance hospital : healing the body and healing the soul / John Henderson.

John Henderson takes us into the Renaissance hospitals of Florence, recreating the enormous barn-like wards and exploring the lives of those who received and those who administered treatment there.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Henderson, John, 1949 June 12-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:	Hospitals > history > Italy. History, Early Modern 1451-1600 > Italy. History, Medieval > Italy. Hospitalization > Italy. Hospitals > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500. Hospitals > Italy > Florence > History > 16th century. Hospitals > Italy > Florence > History > 17th century. Renaissance > Italy > Florence.

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Summary:	John Henderson takes us into the Renaissance hospitals of Florence, recreating the enormous barn-like wards and exploring the lives of those who received and those who administered treatment there.
Physical Description:	xxxiv, 458 pages : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-440) and index.
ISBN:	9780300109955 (hbk.) 0300109954 (hbk.)