Secrets and Knowledge in Medicine and Science, 1500–1800 (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introduction Secrets and Knowledge, Elaine Leong, Alisha Rankin; Part I Defining Secrets; Chapter 1a How to Read a Book of Secrets, William Eamon; Chapter 2 What is a Secret? Secrets and Craft Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Pamela H. Smith; Part II Secrecy and Openness; Chapter 3 The Secrets of Sir Hugh Platt, Ayesha Mukherjee; Chapter 4 Robert Boyle and Secrecy, Michael Hunter; Chapter 5 Openness vs. Secrecy in the Hartlib Circle: Revisiting 'Democratic Baconianism' in Interregnum England, Michelle DiMeo; Part III Illicit Secrets; Chapter 6 Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Revelations, Tara Nummedal; Chapter 7 Face Waters, Oils, Love Magic and Poison: Making and Selling Secrets in Early Modern Rome, Tessa Storey; Part IV Secrets and Health; Chapter 8 Keeping Beauty Secrets in Early Modern Iberia, Montserrat CabrAⓒ; Chapter 9 Secrets to Healthy Living: The Revival of the Preventive Paradigm in Late Renaissance Italy, Sandra Cavallo; Chapter 10 Secrets of Place: The Medical Casebooks of Vivant-Augustin Ganiare, Lisa Wynne Smith;