Doctoring the Black Death - Medieval Europe's Medical Response to Plague

Informationen zum Autor By John Aberth Klappentext This engrossing book provides a comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death. John Aberth has translated plague treatises that illustrate the human dimensions of the horrific scourge, including doctors' personal anecdotes as they desperately struggled to understand a deadly new disease. Zusammenfassung This engrossing book provides a comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death. John Aberth has translated plague treatises that illustrate the human dimensions of the horrific scourge, including doctors' personal anecdotes as they desperately struggled to understand a deadly new disease.

Product details

• Authors: John Aberth, Aberth John
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2021
• EAN: 9780742557239
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5723-9
• No. of pages: 498
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book; Europe, European History, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval