The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. This title provides an exploration of the changes and developments in medicine as practised in Ireland and by Irish physicians studying and working abroad during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

This collection provides an exploration of the changes and developments in medicine as practised in Ireland and by Irish physicians studying and working abroad during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. Bringing together research undertaken into the neglected area of early Irish medical and social history across a variety of disciplines, including history of medicine, Spanish and Portuguese studies, Irish, and French history, it builds upon ground-breaking work recently published by several of the contributors, thereby augmenting our understanding of the role of medicine within early modern Irish society and its broader scientific and intellectual networks.

'The history of medicine in eighteenth-century Ireland has received scant attention to date and this very welcome volume, edited by James Kelly and Fiona Clark, will no doubt help to focus the attention of researchers to the opportunities that exist for further study in that arena... This volume is a very welcome addition to the corpus of knowledge for those studying and researching the history of medicine in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland and certainly goes some of the way towards filling the void that has existed in that genre.' Irish Economic and Social History