Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Introduction: The Paradox of Censorship 1
5. 1. The Medical Republic of Letters and the Roman Indexes of Prohibited Books 25
6. 2. Locating Expertise, Soliciting Expurgations 51
7. 3. The Censor at Work 78
8. 4. Censoring Medicine in Rome’s Index Expurgatorius of 1607 96
9. 5. Prohibited Medical Books and Licensed Readers 131
10. 6. Creating Censored Objects 167
11. 7. Prohibited Books in Universal Libraries 199
12. Epilogue 226
13. Acknowledgments 237
14. Appendix 241
15. Notes 243
16. Bibliography 311
17. Index 345