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Western medical thought from antiquity to the Middle Ages

Mirko D. Grmek (Editor), Bernardino Fantini, Antony Shugaar (Translator)
This history of medical thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages reconstructs the slow transformations and sudden changes in theory and practice that marked the birth and early development of Western medicine. [from publisher's advertisement]
Print Book, English, 1998
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Ma., 1998
Student Collection
478 pages ; 25 cm
9780674403550, 9780674007956, 067440355X, 0674007956
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Introduction Mirko D. Grmek The Birth of Western Medical Art Jacques Jouanna Between Knowledge and Practice: Hellenistic Medicine Mario Vegetti The 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 The Concept of Disease Mirko D. Grmek Therapeutic Strategies: Drugs Alain Touwaide Therapeutic Strategies: Surgery Michael McVaugh The Regimens of Health Pedro Gil Sotres Diseases in Europe: Equilibrium and Breakdown of the Pathocenosis Jean-Noel Biraben Notes Index