Practical medicine from Salerno to the Black Death : [papers presented at the Conference on Practitioners and medical practice in the Latin Mediterranean, 1100-1350, Barcelona, April 1989

The essays in this collection focus on the practical aspects of medieval medicine. They cover the period from the eleventh century to the Black Death, during which the first universities were founded and began to teach a new form of medicine which influenced medical care throughout Europe. Introduction : Practical Medicine From Salerno To The Black Death / Luis García-ballester -- Astrology In Medical Practice / Roger French -- The Science And Practice Of Medicine In The Thirteenth Century According To Guglielmo Da Saliceto, Italian Surgeon / Jole Agrimi And Chiara Crisciani -- How To Write A Latin Book On Surgery : Organizing Principles And Authorial Devices In Guglielmo Da Saliceto And Dino Del Garbo / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Derivation And Revulsion : The Theory And Practice Of Medieval Phlebotomy / Pedro Gil-sotres -- Surgical Texts And Social Contexts : Physicians And Surgeons In Paris, C.1270 To 1430 / Cornelius O'boyle -- Medical Practice In Paris In The First Half Of The Fourteenth Century / Danielle Jacquart -- Royal Surgeons And The Value Of Medical Learning : The Crown Of Aragon, 1300-1350 / Michael R. Mcvaugh. Facing The Black Death : Perceptions And Reactions Of University Medical Practitioners / Jon Arrizabalaga -- John Of Arderne And The Mediterranean Tradition Of Scholastic Surgery / Peter Murray Jones -- Documenting Medieval Women's Medical Practice / Monica H. Green -- A Marginal Learned Medical World : Jewish, Muslim And Christian Medical Practitioners, And The Use Of Arabic Medical Sources In Late Medieval Spain / Luis García Ballester. Edited By Luis García-ballester ... [et Al.]. Arises From The Conference ... Barcelona, April 1989--p. Xii. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.