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Health, Disease and Healing in Medieval Culture (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Sheila Campbell, Bert Hall, David Klausner

Health, Disease and Healing in Medieval Culture (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Sheila Campbell, Bert Hall, David Klausner

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This book examines how medieval medical theories were derived from the teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It maintains that the mystical element was the most attractive branch of medical wisdom and shows how religious rites and observances like prayer and anointing were adapted to medical usage.;But while for thinkers like Roger Bacon disease was a fall from grace, there was also a practical approach to illness. The book evaluates medieval recipes for drugs and more mundane notions of disease in the light of the findings of modern medicine. It shows for instance how the concept of "flying venom" relates to modern germ theory.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 1992
First published: 1992
Editors: Sheila Campbell • Bert Hall • David Klausner
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 204
Edition: Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-55065-6
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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Barcode: 9780333550656

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