Medieval medicine and the plague
By: written by Lynne Elliott.
Series: The medieval world series; Medieval world series
Publisher: Crabtree Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: St. Catharines, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778713586; 9780778713906
Subjects: Medicine, Medieval -- Juvenile literature.; Black Death -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Medicine was a mysterious art in the Middle Ages and had not yet benefited from the scientific discoveries we take for granted today. This astonishing new book illustrates how death and incurable disease were considered a common part of medieval life. Young readers will be fascinated by the history of the Black Death, or the Plague, which killed millions of people in Europe, and why medical treatments in the Middle Ages were often worse than the disease. Topics include b5s a timeline of medical changes through the Middle Ages b5s common medieval diseases and their causes, such as smallpox, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and leprosy b5s "The Back Plague" and the modern explanation for it b5s the Four Humors b5s operations and treatments such as bloodletting, cupping, cauterizing b5s medicine makers such as apothecaries and housewives b5s famous doctors such as Hippocrates, Galen, Rhazes and Avicenna b5s womenb2ss place in medicine."--Publisher's website (www.crabtreebooks.com)
Notes: Includes glossary and index.

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Table of contents: value: Medicine in the Middle Ages; value: Medieval diseases; value: The black death; value: The horrors of the black death; value: Medieval medical beliefs; value: Medicines made at home; value: The apothecary; value: Doctors; value: Surgeons; value: Female doctors and midwives; value: Hospitals; value: Death and burial.