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Medieval & early Renaissance medicine : an introduction to knowledge and practice / Nancy G. Siraisi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siraisi, Nancy G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Medicine--Europe--History.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Other Title:
- Medieval and early Renaissance medicine
- Medieval and early Renaissance medicine.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era in medicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A NOTE ON NAMES
- ONE THE FORMATION OF WESTERN EUROPEAN MEDICINE
- TWO PRACTITIONERS CONDITIONS PRACTICE AND OF
- THREE MEDICAL EDUCATION
- FOUR PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE
- FIVE DISEASE AND TREATMENT
- SIX SURGEONS AND SURGERY
- EPILOGUE: THE MEDICAL RENAISSANCE
- NOTES
- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING
- SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612089947
- 9780226761312
- 0226761312
- 9781282089945
- 1282089943
- OCLC:
- 55718481
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb01534 hdl
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