Old Age and Disease in Early Modern Medicine

摘要: Introduction: Geriatrics Today and Yesterday 1 The Knowledge of the Ancients: Ancient Medieval Accounts Old Age Their Importance for Early Modern Europe 2 Between Elderly Care Life Extension: Galenic Gerocomies to mid-Seventeenth Century 3 in University: Eclecticism Medical Concepts after 1650 4 Women: Marginalization a Majority Conclusion: Proto-Geriatrics between Tradition Innovation