Western medical thought from antiquity to the Middle Ages
Year: 1999
Type: book-review
Abstract: The birth of Western medical art, Jacques Jouanna between knowledge and practice - Hellenistic medicine, Mario Vegetti the paths of knowledge - medicine in the Roman world, Danielle Gourevitch reception and tradition - medicine in the Byzantine and Arab world, Gotthard Strohmaier charity and aid in Mediaeval Christian civilization, Jole Agrimi and Chiara Crisciani medical scholasticism, Danielle Jacquart the concept of disease, Mirko D. Grmek therapeutic strategies - drugs, Alain Touwaide therapeutic strategies - surgery, Michael McVaugh the regimens of health, Pedro Gil Sotres diseases in Europe - equilibrium and breakdown of the pathocenosis, Jean-Noel Biraben.
Source: Choice Reviews Online
Author: Flemming, Rebecca
Language: English
Topic: History of Medicine Studies
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W574834035