Western medical thought from antiquity to the Middle Ages / edited by Mirko D. Grmek ; coordinated by Bernardino Fantini ; translated by Antony Shugaar.

Other author Grmek, Mirko D. (Mirko Dražen), 1924-2000.
Other author Fantini, Bernardino.
Other author Shugaar, Antony.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Ma : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Description478 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Medicine, Ancient.
Medicine, Medieval.

Uniform titleStoria del pensiero medico occidentale. English.
Contents Birth of Western medical art / Jacques Jouanna -- Between knowledge and practice : Hellenistic medicine / Mario Vegetti -- Paths of knowledge : medicine in the Roman world / Danielle Gourevitch -- Reception and tradition : medicine in the Byzantine and Arab world / Gotthard Strohmaier -- Charity and aid in medieval Christian civilization / Jole Agrimi and Chiara Crisciani -- Medical scholasticism / Danielle Jacquart -- Concept of disease / Mirko D. Grmek -- Therapeutic strategies : drugs / Alain Touwaide -- Therapeutic strategies : surgery / Michael McVaugh -- Regimens of health / Pedro Gil Sotres -- Diseases in Europe : equilibrium and breakdown of the pathocenosis / Jean-Noël Biraben.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-465) and index.
LCCN 98008462
ISBN067440355X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks R135 .S83513 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold