Middle English Names of Medical Preparations - Towards a Standard Medical Terminology

This study provides a comprehensive examination of Middle English names of medical preparations found in the available medical works produced in the 14th and 15th centuries, and in a number of dictionaries. Altogether over 1600 references to medicaments have been collected. They have been divided into three major categories: general terms denoting medical preparations, terms denoting dosage forms, and terms denoting specifics. The analysis concentrates on the origin of the terms, their structure, and their distribution and presentation in texts representing different traditions of medical writing.

List of contents

Middle English - Medical preparations - Medicine - Standard terminology - Recipes - Pharmaceuticals - Medieval pharmacy

About the author

Marta Sylwanowicz received her Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests include historical linguistics, language contact and the evolution of scientific writing. In her studies she focuses on English medical terminology of the medieval and early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Sylwanowicz
• Assisted by: Jacek Fisiak (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9783631747797
• ISBN: 978-3-631-74779-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 18 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Illustrations: 21 Abb.
• Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature; Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures