A Cultural History of Medicine

Middle Ages (800 - 1450) [volume 2]

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Contributor(s)
McCleery, Iona (editor)
Language
English
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Résumé
How has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? A Cultural History of Medicine, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject.
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82602
Keywords
history of medicine
ISBN
9781472569875
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher website
http://www.bloomsbury.com/academic
Publication date and place
2021
Series
The Cultural Histories Series,
Classification
History of medicine
Pages
254

Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 4 Animals
    Walker-Meikle, Kathleen (2021)
    This chapter will examine the cultural history of medicine through animals. Historical scholarship on animals has grown exponentially in the last decades. Described as the ‘animal turn’, it offers new perspectives on human ...
  • Chapter 4 Animals
    Walker-Meikle, Kathleen (2021)
    This chapter will examine the cultural history of medicine through animals. Historical scholarship on animals has grown exponentially in the last decades. Described as the ‘animal turn’, it offers new perspectives on human ...