The Age of Agony: The Art of Healing, 1700–1800
Guy Williams

Category: History/Medicine
Format: Trade paperback, 230pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 0-89733-203-2
Price: $16.95

Also by Guy Williams: The Age of Miracles: Medicine and Surgery in the 19th Century

About the Book

Examines in detail the barbarous world of 18th-century medicine––the great hospitals, the lying-in rooms, the spas, the quacks.

Reviews

"The author's knowledge and enthusiasm for his subject are impressive . . . Highly recommended . . ."––Booklist

". . . a skillful tour through the annals of medical knowledge in the 18th and l9th centuries . . ."––Kansas City Times

"A marvelous retelling of the exploits of both the medical men and the quacks in 18th-century Europe."––Bulletin of the History of Dentistry