Synopses & Reviews
From the eleventh century to the Black Death in 1348 Europe was economically vigorous and expanding, especially in Mediterranean societies. In this world of growing wealth educational institutions were founded, the universities, and it was in these that a new form of medicine came to be taught and which widely influenced medical care throughout Europe. The essays in this collection focus on the practical aspects of medieval medicine. They explore how the learned medical men understood and coped with plague; the theory and practice of medical astrology, and of bleeding (phlebotomy) for the cure and prevention of illness. Several essays deal with the development and interrelations of the nascent medical profession and of Christian, Muslim and Jewish practitioners. Special emphasis is given to the practice of surgery, and the problems of recovering knowledge of a large proportion of medical care - that given by women - are also explored.
Synopsis
Essays on the practical aspects of medieval European medicine.
Synopsis
The essays in this collection focus on the practical aspects of medieval medicine. They cover the period from the eleventh century to the Black Death, during which the first universities were founded and began to teach a new form of medicine which influenced medical care throughout Europe.
Table of Contents
Introduction: practical medicine from Salerno to the Black Death Luis GarcÃa-Ballester; 1. Astrology in medical practice Roger French; 2. The science and practice of medicine in the thirteenth century according to Guglielmoa da Saliceto, Italian surgeon Jole Agrimi, and Chiara Crisciani; 3. How to write a Latin book on surgery: organizing principles and authorial devices in Gugleilmo da Saliceto and Dino del Garbo Nancy G. Siraisi; 4. Derivation and revulsion: the theory and practice of medieval phlebotomy Pedro Gil-Sotres; 5. Surgical texts and social contexts: physicians and surgeons in Paris, c. 1270 to 1430 Cornelius OâBoyle; 6. Medical practice in Paris in the first half of the fourteenth century Danielle Jacquart; 7. Royal surgeons and the value of medical learning: the Crown of Aragon, 1300 1350 Michael R. McVaugh; 8. Facing the Black Death: perceptions and reactions of university medical practitioners Jon Arrizabalaga; 9. John of Arderne and the Mediterranean tradition of scholastic surgery Peter Murray Jones; 10. Documenting medieval womenâs medical practice Monica H. Green; 11. A marginal learned medical world: Jewish, Muslim and Christian medical practioners, and the use of Arabic medical sources in late medieval Spain Luis GarcÃa-Ballester.