Why Was "Custom a Second Nature" in Early Modern Medicine?

Shapin, S

Shapin, S (reprint author), Harvard Univ, Hist Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.

BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 2019; 93 (1): 1

Abstract

"Custom is a second nature" is a saying that circulated long before the early modern period and in many different cultural settings. But the maxim had......

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