{"product_id":"medicine-and-healing-in-the-premodern-west-a-history-in-documents-from-the-broadview-sources-series-paperback","title":"Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents: (From the Broadview Sources Series) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWinston Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedicine and Healing in the Premodern West\u003c\/em\u003e is a carefully edited and annotated collection of documents in medical history from Antiquity through the Middle Ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedicine and Healing in the Premodern West\u003c\/em\u003e traces the history of medicine and medical practice from Ancient Egypt through to the end of the Middle Ages. Featuring nearly one hundred primary documents and images, this book introduces students and scholars to the words and ideas of prominent physicians and humble healers, men and women, from across Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. Each of the ten chronological and thematic chapters is given a significant historical introduction, in which each primary source is described in its original context. Many of the included source texts are newly translated by the editor, some of them appearing in English for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinston Black\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian of medieval science, medicine, and culture. He is the editor of Henry of Huntingdon's \u003cem\u003eAnglicanus Ortus: A Verse Herbal of the Twelfth Century\u003c\/em\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Ages: Facts and Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author (with John M. Riddle) of \u003cem\u003eA History of the Middle Ages, 300-1500\u003c\/em\u003e, 2nd edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47469122977970,"sku":"9781554813902","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bcd6fa048d53ac8e0c9c9177691a7253.webp?v=1779064803","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/medicine-and-healing-in-the-premodern-west-a-history-in-documents-from-the-broadview-sources-series-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}