Anatomizing the Past: Physicians and History in Renaissance Culture [*].

From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: SIRAISI, NANCY | Copyright information

In many different ways Renaissance physicians concerned themselves with the reading and writing of history. This article examines the role of historical interests in learned medical culture and the participation of physicians in the broader historical culture of the period.

Among Bodin's more optimistic assertions about history was that reading it could "cure all illnesses of the body and the mind." [1] He buttressed the claim with royal examples, alleging that both Alfo...

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