Casanova's Guide to Medicine
Casanova's Guide to Medicine Forget the stereotypeGiacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manqu doctor.…
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Casanova's Guide to Medicine
Forget the stereotypeGiacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manqu doctor. Although these often have been harvested for information on political, cultural and social aspects of his time, the insights they give about medical practice and the lived experiences of illness have been largely neglected.This book addresses this deficiency through exploring in detail what Casanova wrote on a variety of conditions that include venereal disease and female complaints, duelling injuries, suicide, skin complaints and stroke and even piles. Fortunately for us, he wrote his memoirs at the end of his life on the advice of his doctor to control his propensity to depression.
These descriptions provide alternately grim and amusing insights about public health measures, the doctor-patient
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