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The notorious astrological physician of London [electronic resource] : works and days of Simon Forman / Barbara Howard Traister.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2001.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 250 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780226811420 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226811425 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Notorious astrological physician of London.DDC classification:
  • 610/.92 22
LOC classification:
  • R489.F585 T73 2001eb
NLM classification:
  • 2001 B-305
  • WZ 100
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations; Introduction; One: A Self-Conscious Life; Two: Medical Theories: A Physician Evolves; Three: Forman's London Practice; Four: Troubles with the College of Physicians; Five: Forman's Occultism; Six: Forman and His Books; Seven: Forman in Society; Eight: Forman and Public Events; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer--Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts--considered here in their entirety for the first time--paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-241) and index.

List of Illustrations; Introduction; One: A Self-Conscious Life; Two: Medical Theories: A Physician Evolves; Three: Forman's London Practice; Four: Troubles with the College of Physicians; Five: Forman's Occultism; Six: Forman and His Books; Seven: Forman in Society; Eight: Forman and Public Events; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer--Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts--considered here in their entirety for the first time--paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London.

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