Medieval medicine: a reader

by Wallis, Faith

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Medieval medicine : a reader / edited by Faith Wallis.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto, Ont
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xxvii, 563 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1442690143, 9781442690141, 9781442604230, 1442604239
oclc:ocn986861777
LC Classification:R141
Dewey Decimal:610.902

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I. MEDICINA: HEALERS AND HEALING IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE (500â€?1100)""; ""CHAPTER ONE: THE FRAGMENTED HERITAGE OF ANCIENT MEDICINE""; ""I. THE ALEXANDRIAN CURRICULUM IN LATIN DRESS""; ""1. Isidore of Seville: The Canon of Medicine""; ""2. The Old Latin Commentary on the Aphorisms of hippocrates""; ""3. Teaching the Alexandrian Curriculum in Sixth-Century Italy: Agnellus of Ravennaâ€?s Commentary on Galenâ€?s On Sects""; ""4. An Early Medieval Summary of Medical Theory: The Wisdom of the Art of Medicine""

""II. MEDICAL PRACTICES IN A CHANGING WORLD""""5. An Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine from the Age of Justinian: Alexander of Tralles""; ""6. Galen Enlarged for Practice: Pseudo-galen, Liber Tertius on Pneumonia and Pleurisy""; ""7. Echoes of Methodism: â€œAureliusâ€? on Rabies""; ""8. Medical Self-Help for the Gentleman Traveler: The Medicine and Natural Remedies of â€œPlinyâ€?""; ""9. A Late Antique Estate-holderâ€?s Manual of Home Remedies""; ""10. The Doctor as Connoisseur of Pulses and Urines""; ""11. Prognosis and Prophecy""; ""CHAPTER TWO: CHRISTIANITY, DISEASE, AND MEDICINE""

""I. SAINTS AS HEALER…