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.
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Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine
An Introduction to Knowledge and Practice
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Publisher
University of Chicago PressYear
2009Print ISBN
9780226761305
9780226761299
eBook ISBN
9780226761312
Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names
- 1. The Formation of Western European Medicine
- 2. Practitioners and Conditions of Practice
- 3. Medical Education
- 4. Physiological and Anatomical Knowledge
- 5. Disease and Treatment
- 6. Surgeons and Surgery
- Epilogue: The Medical Renaissance
- Notes
- Guide to Further Reading
- Selected Primary Sources Available in English Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
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