Forbidden Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy

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TitleForbidden Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsMarcus, Hannah
Number of Pages356 pp.
PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
CityChicago, IL
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780226736587
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Contents:
Introduction: The paradox of censorship
The Medical Republic of Letters and the Roman Indexes of Prohibited Books
Locating Expertise, Soliciting Expurgations
The Censor at Work
Censoring Medicine in Rome's Index Expurgatorius of 1607
Prohibited Medical Books and Licensed Readers
Creating Censored Objects
Prohibited Books in Universal Libraries
Epilogue

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