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Medical Sciences in Early Modern Malta<\/em> contains a first English translation of Dr. Giuseppe Demarco\u2019s 1760 medical treatise
\nDissertation on Chocolate as well as related contributions by Charles Savona-Ventura, Charles Cassar, William Zammit,
\nJudge Giovanni Bonello, Maria Giuliana Fenech, and Skye Vassallo. Written by one of Malta\u2019s most voluminous writers and perceptive scholars, Demarco\u2019s Dissertation is a treasure trove of scientific and medical thought current in Malta in the early modern period. This volume, which also features a commentary on the Latin text written by the editor, aims to introduce Dr Giuseppe Demarco (1718-1793) to a modern audience by placing his writings within the broader socio-political, rhetorical, historical, scientific and medical context of early modern Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medical Sciences in Early Modern Malta<\/em> contains a first English translation of Dr. Giuseppe Demarco\u2019s 1760 medical treatise
\nDissertation on Chocolate as well as related contributions by Charles Savona-Ventura, Charles Cassar, William Zammit,
\nJudge Giovanni Bonello, Maria Giuliana Fenech, and Skye Vassallo. Written by one of Malta\u2019s most voluminous writers and perceptive scholars, Demarco\u2019s Dissertation is a treasure trove of scientific and medical thought current in Malta in the early modern period. 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