« We were not to expect that the Physicians could stop God’s judgements » : La foi au secours de la médecine dans les écrits sur la peste de 1665 de Daniel Defoe
When A Journal of the Plague Year compares the violence of the 1665 epidemic to the effects of the great fire in London the following year, Defoe emphasizes the unstoppable nature of the plague and the failure of any form of preventive medicine or attempt to cure those affected. Observing in turn th...
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/20462 |
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