Turquet de Mayerne as baroque physician : the art of medical portraiture / Brian Nance.

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2001.

xiii, 237 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm.

"This book examines the consultations of Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, a court physician to the early Stuart kings of England"--Pref.

Includes index and bibliography: p. 207-223.

"The most difficult thing" -- A physician's life: a brief thematic biography -- Constructing the casebooks - The past: evaluating the patient -- The past: determining the patient's temperament -- The present: what is a disease? -- The present: Mayerne's diagnosis in social context -- The future: prognosis -- The future: therapeutics -- The death of prince Henry -- Mayerne as baroque physician -- Appendices: 1. A guide to the Ephemerides morborum -- 2. Entries by year and type.