From magic to science
Subtitle: essays on the scientific twilight
By: Charles Singer.
Publisher: Ernest Benn Ltd
Published: 1928
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Gildas, -- 516?-570?; Hildegard, -- Saint, -- 1098-1179; Science -- History; Medicine -- History; History of Medicine; Science -- history
Notes: From preface [p.vii]: "The main part of each of these essays has been printed at various times during the last ten years.".

Title vignette: title within ornamental border.
Table of contents: title: Contents: I. Science under the Roman empire. - II. The dark ages and the dawn of science. - III. The Lorica of Gildas the Briton. - IV. Early English magic and medicine. - V. Early herbals.- VI. The visions of Hildegard of Bingen.- VI. The school of Salerno and its legends.