Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 632
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ISBN-10 : 9781135459390
ISBN-13 : 1135459398
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Synopsis Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine by : Thomas F. Glick

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 632
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ISBN-10 : 0415969301
ISBN-13 : 9780415969307
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine by : Thomas F. Glick

Demonstrates that the millennium from the fall of the Roman Empire to the flowering of the Renaissance was a period of great intellectual and practical achievement and innovation. This reference work will be useful to scholars, students, and general readers researching topics in many fields of study, including medieval studies and world history.

Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550

Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9781351875561
ISBN-13 : 1351875566
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Synopsis Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550 by : Jean A. Givens

Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the functions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray; and their actual usefulness in everyday medical practice or teaching is not obvious. By looking at works as diverse as herbals, jewellery, surgery manuals, lay health guides, cinquecento paintings, manuscripts of Pliny's Natural History, and Leonardo's notebooks, Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550 addresses fundamental questions about the interplay of art and science from the thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth century: What counts as a medical illustration in the Middle Ages? What are the purposes and audiences of the illustrations in medieval medical, pharmaceutical, and natural history texts? How are images used to clarify, expand, authenticate, and replace these texts? How do images of natural objects, observed phenomena, and theoretical concepts amplify texts and convey complex cultural attitudes? What features lead us to regard some of these images as typically 'medieval' while other exactly contemporary images strike us as 'Renaissance' or 'early modern' in character? Art historians, medical historians, historians of science, and specialists in manuscripts and early printed books will welcome this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary examination of the role of visualization in early scientific inquiry.

Medieval Medicine

Medieval Medicine
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 594
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ISBN-10 : 9781442604230
ISBN-13 : 1442604239
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Medieval Medicine by : Faith Wallis

Medical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The reader includes 21 illustrations and a glossary of medical terms.

Medicine in the Middle Ages

Medicine in the Middle Ages
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Publisher : Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages : 70
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ISBN-10 : 1592700373
ISBN-13 : 9781592700370
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Medicine in the Middle Ages by : Ian Dawson

Learn about how medicine was practiced long ago.

Routledge Revivals: Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages

Routledge Revivals: Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1138063339
ISBN-13 : 9781138063334
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Routledge Revivals: Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages by : Various

The Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages comprises of sixteen comprehensive reference titles covering a range of regions and themes in the Medieval period. First published between 1993 and 2006, the Encyclopedias provide complete and multidisciplinary guides to topics such as Women and Gender, Archaeology, Islamic and Jewish Civilization and Science, Technology and Medicine, as well as a number of regions including Italy, Scandinavia, France, England and the Middle East. Written by leading experts in the field, these reference works will be valuable resources not only to students and scholars of the middle ages, but also those studying a number of humanities and social sciences. They are also accessible to general and introductory readers.

Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine

Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780226761312
ISBN-13 : 0226761312
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine by : Nancy G. Siraisi

Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era in medicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills.

Routledge Revivals: Medieval Science, Technology and Medicine (2006)

Routledge Revivals: Medieval Science, Technology and Medicine (2006)
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 624
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ISBN-10 : 9781351676175
ISBN-13 : 1351676172
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Routledge Revivals: Medieval Science, Technology and Medicine (2006) by : Thomas F. Glick

First published in 2005, this encyclopedia demonstrates that the millennium from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance was a period of great intellectual and practical achievement and innovation. In Europe, the Islamic world, South and East Asia, and the Americas, individuals built on earlier achievements, introduced sometimes radical refinements and laid the foundations for modern development. Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This comprehensive resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. It also looks at the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted. Written by a select group of international scholars, this reference work will be of great use to scholars, students, and general readers researching topics in many fields, including medieval studies, world history, history of science, history of technology, history of medicine, and cultural studies.

The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice

The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781351885737
ISBN-13 : 1351885731
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice by : Barbara S. Bowers

Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented creates insights into practice, medicines, administration, foundation, regulation, patronage, theory, and spirituality. Looking at differing models of hospital administration between 13th century France and Spain, social context is explored. Seen from the perspective of the history of Knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus, and Order of the Temple, hospital and practice have a different emphasis. Extant medieval hospitals at Tonnerre and Winchester become the basis for exploring form and function in relation to health theory (spiritual and non-spiritual) as well as the influence of patronage and social context. In the case of the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, this line of argument is taken further to demonstrate aspects of the building based on a concept of epidemiology. Evidence for the practice of medicine presented in these essays comes from a variety of sources and approaches such as remedy books, medical texts, recorded practice, and by making parallels with folk medicine. Archaeological evidence indicates both religious and non religious medical intervention while skeletal remains reveal both pathology and evidence of treatment.

Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West

Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0860789438
ISBN-13 : 9780860789437
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West by : Vern L. Bullough

The papers collected here first of all reflect Vern Bullough's concern to examine how knowledge was transmitted from one generation to the next and the impact this had on new developments in medicine and science. Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West brings together the author's pioneering studies on the medical universities of the medieval Latin world, their foundation and their influence on scientific thought, and those on the professionalization of medicine, respectively the focus of the first and second sections in the volume, along with three previously unpublished essays. The third part looks at developments in medical practice outside the university, and at topics such as nursing and medical care, medieval views of women, and female longevity and diet; it also includes the author's much-cited study on the age of menarche.