This chapter examines debates on the diffusion of rice cultivation in early modern Milan, with an emphasis on medical practices and the role of engineers in policing rural and insalubrious spaces.

‘Malignità che s’infonde’: Rice Fields, Space, and Medicine in Counter-Reformation Milan

Lavinia Maddaluno
2025-01-01

Abstract

This chapter examines debates on the diffusion of rice cultivation in early modern Milan, with an emphasis on medical practices and the role of engineers in policing rural and insalubrious spaces.
2025
Medical Theory and Practice in Early Modern Italy
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