Medicine Before the Plague - Practitioners and Their Patients in the Crown of Aragon, 1285-1345

Klappentext An account of the medical world in eastern Spain in the decades before the Black Death. Zusammenfassung This book describes the medical world of the early fourteenth century through a study of the extensive archival material and contemporary writings which exist for eastern Spain in the decades before the Black Death. It brings together the world of medical thought and the actual world shared by patients and practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The medical history of a royal family; 2. Medieval health manpower; 3. The success of medical learning; 4. A spectrum of practice; 5. The response to illness and the maintenance of health; 6. Patient-practitioner relationships; 7. Medicine's social role; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Michael R. McVaugh, Michael Rogers McVaugh, McVaugh Michael R., McVaugh Michael R.
• Assisted by: Charles Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521524544
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52454-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine; Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Spain, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, c 1000 CE to c 1500