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This Element explores ideas about the sick and healthy body in early medieval England, proposing that Old English texts offer coherent ideas about how human bodies work and how disease operates. It offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to medical practice and writing in England before the Norman Conquest.

Health and the Body in Early Medieval England

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2024
      ISBN13: 9781009246255, 978-1009246255
      ISBN10: 1009246259
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      This Element explores ideas about the sick and healthy body in early medieval England, proposing that Old English texts offer coherent ideas about how human bodies work and how disease operates. It offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to medical practice and writing in England before the Norman Conquest.

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