{"product_id":"health-and-wellness-in-antiquity-through-the-middle-ages-9780313378652","title":"Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn considering the range of medical practitioners in each society, and the kinds of health care they provided, it examines the development of a written medical tradition, the methods of medical education, the practice of surgery, and the theories and practices of pharmacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Foreword 1. Factors in Health and Wellness \u003ci\u003eHealth and Disease in History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHealth, Disease, and the Body\u003c\/i\u003e Disease Theory in the Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia and Egypt Disease Theory in the Western Medical Tradition: Greece, Rome, the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe Disease Theory in Indian Ayurvedic Medicine Disease Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine \u003ci\u003eHealth and Social Well-Being\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Education and Training: Learned and Non-Learned \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e Mesopotamia Egypt \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in the Ancient Greek and Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e Hippocratic Medicine Galen and the Hippocratic Tradition \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in India: The Written Tradition of Ayurveda\u003c\/i\u003e The Origin of the Ayurvedic Medical Texts Medical Education \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in China\u003c\/i\u003e Foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine The Rise of Formal Medical Education \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in the Islamic World\u003c\/i\u003e Translation and the Written Tradition of Islamic Medicine Practitioners and Their Training \u003ci\u003eMedical Learning in Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e Translation and the Rise of Universities The Hierarchy of Medical Practitioners and the Non-Learned Tradition of Medieval Medicine 3. Religion and Medicine \u003ci\u003eFaith, Magic, and Healing in Mesopotamia and Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e Gods and the Causes of Disease Religious Healing in Ancient Mesopotamia Magical Cures in Egypt \u003ci\u003eReligious and Naturalistic Medicine in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion in India and China\u003c\/i\u003e Magic and Medicine in Early Indian and Chinese Civilizations Confucianism and Taoism in Chinese Medical Thought Buddhism in Indian Medicine \u003ci\u003eFaith Healing in the Islamic and Christian Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e Prophetic Medicine in the Islamic World Magical and Miracle Cures in Medieval European Medicine 4. Women's Health \u003ci\u003eGynecology: Women's Bodies and Women's Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e Mesopotamia and Egypt Greek and Roman Gynecological Literature Gynecology in Ayurvedic Medical Literature Gynecology in Traditional Chinese Medicine Female Practitioners and Women Patients in the Islamic World The \"Secrets of Women\" and Male Physicians in Medieval Europe \u003ci\u003eObstetrics: Managing Pregnancy and Childbirth\u003c\/i\u003e Childbirth in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt Childbirth in Ancient Greece and Rome Childbirth in India Childbirth in China Childbirth in Medieval Europe 5. Health in Infancy, Childhood, and Old Age \u003ci\u003eAging and the Life Cycle in Premodern Medical Theories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePediatric Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e Mesopotamian Cures for Children Egyptian Cures for Children Children and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome Pediatric Care in the Ayurvedic Tradition Pediatrics in Traditional Chinese Medicine Childcare and Pediatric Medicine in Medieval Europe \u003ci\u003eGeriatric Care in the Premodern World\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Infectious Disease in the Premodern World \u003ci\u003eStudying Disease in History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEpidemics and Theories of Disease Causation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSmallpox\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBubonic Plague, or the Black Death\u003c\/i\u003e The Origin and Spread of the Bubonic Plague Medical Responses to the Black Death in Europe and the Islamic World Religious Responses to the Black Death Popular and Civic Responses to the Black Death \u003ci\u003eLeprosy\u003c\/i\u003e Leprosy in India Leprosy in China Leprosy in Medieval Europe 7. Environmental and Occupational Hazards \u003ci\u003eLiving and Working Conditions in Rural Communities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiving and Working Conditions in Urban Centers\u003c\/i\u003e Waste and Sewage Removal Fresh Water and the Risk of Lead Poisoning The Risk of Fire Violence and Crime 8. Surgery and Manual Operations \u003ci\u003eSurgery in Ancient Mesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSurgery in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSurgery in Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e Hippocratic Surgeons Roman Surgeons \u003ci\u003eSurgery in India\u003c\/i\u003e Surgical Training and Procedures Early Methods of Reconstructive Surgery Surgery and the \u003ci\u003eVaidya\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChinese Surgery\u003c\/i\u003e The Low Status of Surgery and Surgeons Moxibustion and Acupuncture \u003ci\u003eSurgery in the Islamic World\u003c\/i\u003e Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi \u003ci\u003eSurgery in the Medieval West\u003c\/i\u003e Surgeons and Physicians The Rise of Rational Surgery Vernacular Surgery Texts and Craft Practice 9. The Brain and Mental Disorders \u003ci\u003eThe Mind and Illness in Mesopotamia and Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMental Health and Humoral Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Mind and Mental Health in Ayurvedic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMental Illness in Traditional Chinese Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMental Illness in Islamic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMental Illness in Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e 10. The Apothecary and His Pharmacopeia \u003ci\u003eThe Pharmacopeia of Ancient Mesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Egyptian Pharmacopeia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreek and Roman Pharmacology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePharmacy in Ayurvedic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e Siddha Medicine and Alchemical Remedies \u003ci\u003eThe Traditional Chinese Pharmacopeia\u003c\/i\u003e Early Materia Medica Alchemy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Standardizing Materia Medica and Regulating the Drug Market \u003ci\u003ePharmacy in the Islamic World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMedieval European Pharmacology\u003c\/i\u003e 11. War and Health \u003ci\u003eWeapons and Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDisease and Hunger in War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSiege Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Institutions and Health \u003ci\u003eGovernmental and Religious Institutions in Mesopotamia and Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e Irrigation Systems Embalming in Ancient Egypt and Knowledge of the Body \u003ci\u003eInstitutional Support for Health and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e The Museum and the Library in Alexandria, Egypt Roman Engineering: Aqueducts and Sewage Systems \u003ci\u003eInstitutional Medicine in Ancient India\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHealth and the State in China\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHospitals in the Islamic World and Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Black Death and Public Health in Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Healing and the Arts \u003ci\u003eEncounters with the Doctor in Art and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Body in Medical Art\u003c\/i\u003e Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585775862103,"sku":"9780313378652","price":51.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780313378652.jpg?v=1756489182","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/health-and-wellness-in-antiquity-through-the-middle-ages-9780313378652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}