{"product_id":"medieval-medicine-9780275984854","title":"Medieval Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003eMedieval 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations 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 \u003ci\u003ePassiones Spirituales\u003c\/i\u003e 7. From Gullet to Gut: \u003ci\u003ePassiones Nutritivorum\u003c\/i\u003e 8. From the Haunches to the Heels, and \u003ci\u003ePassiones Membrorum Generationis\u003c\/i\u003e Chronology of the Collated Latin Medical Manuals Glossary Bibliography of Sources Selected Bibliography Index","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862521282903,"sku":"9780275984854","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780275984854.jpg?v=1759918019","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medieval-medicine-9780275984854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}