Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome - Maria Pia Donato - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781472418739 - March 18, 2016
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Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome 1st edition

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In 1705-1706, an 'epidemic' of mysterious deaths terrorized Rome. Pope Clement XI's physician, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, was ordered to perform a series of dissections to discover the cause of the epidemic, which hindered confession, thus threatening the victim's salvation. The book that Lancisi subsequently published.


210 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 18, 2016
ISBN13 9781472418739
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 240
Dimensions 159 × 242 × 22 mm   ·   610 g
Language English  
Translator Mazzei, Valentina

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