Taylor Francis Books
Books editi da Taylor Francis con argomento Medicine Medieval
Medieval Chinese Medicine
Lo Vivienne (EDT)
Cullen Christopher (EDT)
edizioni Taylor & Francis collana Taylor & Francis (Hardcover)
In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is now well established. However, there are still few scholarly monographs that describe the history of Chinese medicine and there are none at all on the medieval period....
Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky
Sweet Victoria
edizioni Taylor & Francis collana Taylor & Francis (Hardcover)
Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the last two decades,...
The Evolution of Chinese Medicine
Goldschmidt Asaf
edizioni Taylor & Francis collana Taylor & Francis (Hardcover)
The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points: the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the transformation of medicine via the integration of earlier medical theories and practices in the Song dynasty; and the impact of Western medicine from the nineteenth century onwards. This book...
Manuscript Sources of Medieval Medicine
Schleissner Margaret R. (EDT)
edizioni Taylor & Francis collana Taylor & Francis (Hardcover)
Nine essays examine medieval manuscripts and their transmission to investigate such issues as the relationship between written medical knowledge and medical practice; how medical knowledge was produced, organized, and circulated; who the intended and actual audience was; and the function and importance of vernacularization....