Medieval Medicine: Live or Die
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Medieval Medicine: Live or Die
19.99 €
15.99 €
Natalia Pelezneva graduated with a Master's degree in Medieval Studies from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, is a graduate student of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and a member of the Research and Training Laboratory of Medieval Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. As a science journalist, she has been published in Knife, Schrödinger's Cat, and Postnauka.
In the book we will follow the development of medical theory, from which today's medicine - rational, evidence-based, with its high technology and statistics - has grown over millennia. To see the different stages in the development of this knowledge, we will need to look into the Greek sanctuaries of Asclepius and the Arab hospitals of the Bimaristans, into the rich houses surrounded by gardens and into the homes of ordinary townspeople, whatever their faith.
- Medieval views on the causes of various diseases;
- Historical forms of disease prevention;
- Methods of treating the sick and medieval hospitals;
- Control of epidemics;
- Women in Medieval medicine;
- Mental disorders and attempts to cure them.
In the book we will follow the development of medical theory, from which today's medicine - rational, evidence-based, with its high technology and statistics - has grown over millennia. To see the different stages in the development of this knowledge, we will need to look into the Greek sanctuaries of Asclepius and the Arab hospitals of the Bimaristans, into the rich houses surrounded by gardens and into the homes of ordinary townspeople, whatever their faith.
- Medieval views on the causes of various diseases;
- Historical forms of disease prevention;
- Methods of treating the sick and medieval hospitals;
- Control of epidemics;
- Women in Medieval medicine;
- Mental disorders and attempts to cure them.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series History and science in detail