History, medicine, and the traditions of Renaissance learning

Introduction -- pt. 1. History in medical literature. Preface to part 1. A diagnosis from history -- 1. Bodies past -- 2. History and histories in medical texts -- 3. Life writing and disciplinary history -- pt. 2. Physicians, civil history, and antiquarianism. Preface to part 2. Rival physician historians of the Italian wars -- 4. Milan : problems of exemplarity in medicine and history -- 5. Rome : medicine, histories, antiquities, and public health -- 6. Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university -- 7. Beyond Europe -- Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge.