Textual Healing
Subtitle: Essays on Medieval And Early Modern Medicine (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: September 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789004146631
Subjects: History of medicine; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; Medical / Nursing; History: World; General; Medieval; Medicine, Medieval; Sources
Description: This anthology explores often overlooked periods in medicine from medieval to early modern times, taking as a principal theme the need to return to familiar texts and sources for new interpretations. In twelve essays written by a diverse group of scholars, the collection covers topics such as medical politics, herbal remedies and nationalism, the role of experience in casebook writing, the use of medical allusions in literature and popular culture, and the changing impact of various book editions on surgery, embryology, and lay medical knowledge.