Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents

Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents
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Publisher : Broadview Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781460406755
ISBN-13 : 1460406753
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Book Synopsis Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents by : Winston Black

Download or read book Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents written by Winston Black and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2019-10-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West traces the history of medicine and medical practice from Ancient Egypt through to the end of the Middle Ages. Featuring nearly one hundred primary documents and images, this book introduces readers to the words and ideas of men and women from across Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, from prominent physicians to humble healers. Each of the book’s ten chronological and thematic chapters is given a significant historical introduction, in which each primary source is described in its original context. Many of the included source texts are newly translated by the editor, some of them appearing in English for the first time.


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