{"product_id":"9781592118564","title":"Inside the Mind of Mr. Culpepper: A layman who fuelled a revolution in early modern medicine: A story to behold","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eFarthing, Michael JG\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHistria Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/20\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA self-taught outsider with no medical degree took on the most powerful physicians in 17th-century London, broke their Latin monopoly on medicine, and put the power to heal into the hands of ordinary people — changing English healthcare for the next hundred years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne man with no medical degree rewrote the rules of English medicine forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat drives someone to pick a fight they cannot win? Nicholas Culpeper had no doctorate, no licence, and no backing from the medical establishment. What he did have was fluent Latin, a reckless streak, and the conviction that ordinary people deserved to know what was in their own medicine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1649, while England was still reeling from the execution of its king, Culpeper translated the College of Physicians' secret prescription book into plain English. The establishment was furious. They called him a quack, a drunkard, and an atheist. He called them profiteers who let the poor die rather than share their knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book goes further than any previous biography. Drawing on Culpeper's own annotations, prefaces, and personal asides buried across his published works, it pieces together the psychology of a man who turned battlefield wounds, personal tragedy, and chronic illness into a lifelong crusade for accessible healthcare. You'll follow his chaotic apprenticeship, his trial for witchcraft, his disastrous foray into political astrology, and the feverish final years when he produced over a dozen major works while dying of tuberculosis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a physician with deep expertise in both clinical medicine and medical history, this is the story of the man whose herbal guides stayed in print for nearly four hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you've ever wondered why one stubborn outsider matters more than a hundred credentialed insiders, start here.","brand":"Histria Perspectives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48842988683519,"sku":"9781592118564","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781592118564","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}