Description
Book SynopsisThis unique examination of medieval medicine as detailed in physician's manuals of the period reveals a more sophisticated approach to the medical arts than expected for the time.
Trade ReviewThis extraordinary book will remind readers of the importance of knowledge gained many centuries ago. . . . This exhaustively researched book, written in elegant prose and express vocabulary, will capture and then hold one's attention. Valuable to historians, biologists, physicians, and historically oriented scientists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *
Medieval Medicine is essential reading for anyone looking for a synthetic overview of academic medicine in the later medieval period. . . . Anyone wishing to understand later medieval medicine simply must consult Demaitre's indispensable overview. * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *
Table of ContentsIllustrations Introduction 1. Learning to Heal 2. Paradigms of Disease: Fever, Pestilence, and Poison 3. The Body Surface; Tumors and Trauma 4. Head Problems, from Hair Loss to Epilepsy 5. The Face and the Senses 6. Uvula to Diaphragm and
Passiones Spirituales 7. From Gullet to Gut:
Passiones Nutritivorum 8. From the Haunches to the Heels, and
Passiones Membrorum Generationis Chronology of the Collated Latin Medical Manuals Glossary Bibliography of Sources Selected Bibliography Index
