Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine

An Introduction to Knowledge and Practice

• Author(s): Nancy G. Siraisi,
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Pages: 264
• ISBN_10: 0226761312
  ISBN_13: 9780226761312
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Europe / Medieval , History / Europe / Renaissance , Medical / History ,

Description:... Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era in medicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills.