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1. An interdisciplinary approach to medical writing in early modernEnglish Paivi Pahta and Irma Taavitsainen; 2. Medical texts in 1500-1700 andthe corpus of early modern English medical texts Irma Taavitsainen, PeterMurray Jones, Paivi Pahta, Turo Hiltunen, Ville Marttila, Maura Ratia, CarlaSuhr and Jukka Tyrkko; 3. Medical literacies and medical culture in earlymodern England Peter Murray Jones; 4. Verbs of knowing: discoursive practicesin early modern vernacular medicine Turo Hiltunen and Jukka Tyrkko; 5.Defining in early modern English medical texts Rod McConchie and Anne Curzan;6. Dissemination and appropriation of medical knowledge: humoral theory inearly modern medical writing and lay texts Irma Taavitsainen; 7.Code-switching in early modern English medical writing Paivi Pahta; 8. Newarguments for new audiences: a corpus-based analysis of interpersonalstrategies in early modern English medical recipes Ville Marttila; 9.Efficacy phrases in early modern English medical recipes Martti Makinen; 10.Medical pamphlets: controversy and advertising Maura Ratia and Carla Suhr;11. The development of specialized discourse in the PhilosophicalTransactions Maurizio Gotti; 12. The expression of stance in early(1665-1712) publications of the Philosophical Transactions and othercontemporary medical prose: innovations in a pioneering discourse BethanyGray, Douglas Biber and Turo Hiltunen.