Ebook: Medizinische Gutachten des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts: Sprachhistorische Untersuchungen zu einer Textsortenklasse

Medical reports were a major element of medical communication as early as the 17^th and 18^th centuries. What characterizes such texts? Using a broad-based analytic model from the field of text linguistics, the author investigates specific classes of texts – consultations, court reports, and autopsy reports – in terms of their cultural and scientific history while also identifying their particular linguistic hallmarks.