Description
Book SynopsisThe complete illustrations, with commentary, from the 13th-century Anglo-Norman translations of Roger of Parma's Surgery(c.1180), the first original treatise on surgery to be written in the medieval West.Tony Hunt presents, for the first time, the complete set of illustrations which accompany a 13th-century Anglo-Norman translation of Roger of Parma's
Surgery (c.1180), the first original treatise on surgery to be written inthe medieval West. His commentary relates the drawings precisely to the sections of text they illustrate, providing accurate identification of the different medical treatments depicted, fusing careful translation from the Latintext with modern medical perception. These distinctive drawings, almost without parallel in 13th-century England, show a consummate medical illustrator at work and reveal a great deal of information on the medieval pharmacy and the range of therapeutic treatments practised. TONY HUNT is the author of
Popular Medicine, Plant Names of Medieval England and
Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England.
Table of ContentsConsultation for headwound; damage to the cerebral membrane and view of dispensary; the dispensary; gauging the size of a headwound; examining and cleansing a headwound; test for cranial fracture; cranial fissure; the dispensary; a home visit; cranial injury; a view of the despensary; nasal injuries; removal of arrow from headwound; removal of barbed arrow; treatment for tinea; the dispensary; treatment of scrofulous sores; unspecified operation; treatment of scrofulous sores; treatment for external worm; an exploratory operation; ligature of neckwound; the dispensary; leucoma; treatment in the dispensary; eye injury; fistula; toothache and facial spots; morphew; the dispensary; ear-ache; ligature of neckwound; throatwound; swelling in the kidneys; the dispensary; scrofulous sores in the throat; inspection of the throat; throat inspection; the dispensary; fistula; doctor.
