Product code: With Words and Knives - Lynda Payne (1st edition HC) Ashgate, order 2007
First edition hardcover copy of With Words and Knives : Learning Medical Dispassion in Early Modern England by Lynda Payne (Ashgate, 2007). A dark history of medicine in a time before anesthetics and other modern tools of the trade. A part of the series, The History of Medicine in order Context. Jacket is slightly rubbed with shelf wear around the edges. Boards are straight and clean but with corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Binding is tight and spine is straight. All pages are clean and unmarked. See photos for condition. Packaged with care and shipped via USPS Media Mail.
First edition hardcover copy of With Words and Knives : Learning Medical Dispassion in Early Modern England by Lynda Payne (Ashgate, 2007). A dark history of medicine in a time before anesthetics and other modern tools of the trade. A part of the series, The History of Medicine in order Context. Jacket is slightly rubbed with shelf wear around the edges. Boards are straight and clean but with corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Binding is tight and spine is straight. All pages are clean and unmarked. See photos for condition. Packaged with care and shipped via USPS Media Mail.