Forbidden knowledge. Medicine, science and censorship in early modern Italy. By Hannah Marcus. Pp. xii + 356 incl. 36 ills. Chicago–London: University of Chicago Press, 2020. $45. 978 0 226 73658 7
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Forbidden knowledge. Medicine, science and censorship in early modern Italy. By Hannah Marcus. Pp. xii + 356 incl. 36 ills. Chicago–London: University of Chicago Press, 2020. $45. 978 0 226 73658 7 - Volume 72 Issue 3
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1469-7637', '0022-0469']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046921000397