MEDIEVAL EARLY RENAISSANCE MEDICINE. AN INTRODUCTION TO KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE

Following a survey of ancient, early medieval, and Islamic medicine, Siraisi discusses the categories and conditions of medical prac tice in the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries/ the development of medical education/ knowledge of physiology and anatomy/ concepts of disease/ and therapies, including surgery.Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late m edieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era in medicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the m...[Read more]