Medicine in the English Middle Ages

Name: Medicine in the English Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780691085227

ISBN-10: 0691085226

ISBN-13: 9780691085227

Edition: 1999

Authors: Faye Getz

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This book presents an engaging, detailed portrait of the people, ideas, and beliefs that made up the world of English medieval medicine between 750 and 1450, a time when medical practice extended far beyond modern definitions. The institutions of court, church, university, and hospital--which would eventually work to separate medical practice from other duties--had barely begun to exert an influence in medieval England, writes Faye Getz. Sufferers could seek healing from men and women of all social ranks, and the healing could encompass spiritual, legal, and philosophical as well as bodily concerns. Here the author presents an account of practitioners (English Christians, Jews, and…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Variety of Medical Practitioners in Medieval England



Medical Travelers to England and the English Medical Practitioner Abroad



The Medieval English Medical Text



The Institutional and Legal Faces of English Medicine



Well-Being without Doctors: Medicine, Faith, and Economy among the Rich and Poor


Notes


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index