Medieval medicine: a reader

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"Medical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The reader includes 21 illustrations and a glossary of medical terms."--Pub. desc

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

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Publication Date:©2010

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 563 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442601697, 1442601698, 9781442601031, 1442601035
oclc:on1052831867
LC Classification:R141
Dewey Decimal:610.902

Part I. Medicina: Healers and Healing in Early Medieval Europe (500-1100) -- 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 Ravenna's Commentary on Galen'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: "Aurelius" on Rabies -- 8. Medical Self-Help for the Gentleman Traveler: The Medicine and Natural Remedies of "Pliny" -- 9. A Late Antique Estate-Holder'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 Healers -- 12. A Sixth-Century Byzantine Saint Dispenses Medical Advice: Theodore of Sykeon -- 13. The Medical World o…

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Collected Work History history of medicine History, Medieval Médecine -- Histoire Médecine -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500 Médecine médiévale Médecine médiévale -- Sources Medicine Medicine -- History Medicine -- History -- To 1500 Medicine, Medieval Medicine, Medieval -- Sources Sources To 1500