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Were there advances in medicine in Medieval Europe and elsewhere in the world? How great was the impact of the break-up of the Roman Empire, and the growth of the Church, on medical practice and public health? This book examines beliefs and practices, public health, and the plague, to demonstrate that while learning was limited, there were important developments in the Islamic world and Europe itself.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	10 septembre 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781406256444
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	11 Mo

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MEDICINE tHROUGH tHE AGES MEDIEVAL MEDICINE

MEDIEVAL MEDICINE Nicola Barber

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Edited by Andrew Farrow, Adam Miller, and Vaarunika Dharmapala Designed by Philippa Jenkins Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2013 Illustrations by International Mapping Picture research by Ruth Blair Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper Products Ltd

ISBN 978 1 406 23871 6 (hardback) 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Barber, Nicola. Medieval medicine. -- (Medicine through the ages) 610.9’02-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Bridgeman Art Library pp. 26 (Islamic School, [14th century]/Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy), 31 (Italian School/Biblioteca Universitaria, Bologna, Italy/Archives Charmet); Corbis pp. 5 (© Massimo Listri), 37 (© Bettmann); © Corbis p. 21; Getty Images pp. 4 (Fratelli Alinari/ Alinari Archives), 9, 22 (Hulton Archive), 19 (Marvin Lichtner/Time Life Pictures), 18 (India Today Group), 27 (Alinari Archives), 33 (The Bridgeman Art Library/French School), 34 (Mansell/Time Life Pictures); Mary Evans Picture Library pp. 12, 17 (Interfoto/Sammlung Rauch), 24; Science Photo Library pp. 16 (NYPL), 32 (Sheila Terry); The Art Archive pp. 8 (Episcopal Museum Vic Catalonia/ Gianni Dagli Orti), 28 (University Library Istanbul/ Gianni Dagli Orti); Wellcome Library, London pp. 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 23, 25, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41.

Cover photograph ofCutting out the Stone of Madness or an Operation on the Headby Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525–1569), reproduced with permission of Bridgeman Art Library (Musée de l’Hotel Sandelin, Saint-Omer, France/Giraudon).

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Contents

A backwards step? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Christian Church. . . . . . . . . . . 8 Beliefs and practices . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public health and plague . . . . . . . . 18 Islamic medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Doctors, surgeons, and hospitals . . . . 30 Women in medicine . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Find out more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary. You can also look out for them in the “Word Station” box at the bottom of each page.

The time in European history known as the medieval period, or the Middle Ages, started aroundAD500 and lasted until roughly 1400. It began when the empire created by the Romans, which had dominated much of Europe for around four centuries, finally disintegrated. In AD410, Rome was attacked and looted by a Germanic tribe called the Visigoths, the first time the city had been occupied by foreign invaders for nearly 800 years.

ByAD500, the western half of the Roman Empire had been overrun and settled by the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, and other tribes to create a patchwork of kingdoms with ever-changing borders.

This is the remains of an aqueduct bridge built by the ancient Romans to supply the city of Rome with fresh water. By the third AD, there were 11 such aqueducts century carrying water into the city.