John Hall, Master of Physicke: A Casebook from Shakespeare's Stratford

by Greg Wells

This is the first complete edition and English translation of John Hall's Little Book of Cures, a fascinating medical casebook composed in Latin around 1634-5. John Hall (1575-1635) was Shakespeare's son-in-law (Hall married Susanna Shakespeare in 1607), and based his medical practice in Stratford-upon-Avon. Readers have never before had access to a complete English translation of John Hall's casebook, which contains fascinating details about his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526134535
• ISBN13: 9781526134530
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"