Chapter 7 Medical practitioners as collectors and communicators of natural history in Ireland, 1680-1750
This chapter argues for the significant role played by Irish-based medics as collectors and communicators of natural history in the period 1680-1750. It demonstrates that the relative isolation of practitioners in Ireland meant that their findings could sometimes be seen by those elsewhere as carryi...
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