Astrology, plague, and prognostication in early modern England: a forgotten chapter in the history of public health
The ability to foresee the outbreak of epidemic disease, and to predict its course, is a highly coveted skill. Most often associated with statistical techniques, such efforts to improve the health of communities are thought to be exclusively modern. Public health more generally is often said to be c...
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Oxford University Press
2023
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