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