LEADER 03862nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910822766403321 005 20230421041425.0 010 $a1-282-75350-9 010 $a9786612753503 010 $a1-4008-2267-X 010 $a1-4008-1173-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822676 035 $a(CKB)111056486506842 035 $a(EBL)617301 035 $a(OCoLC)705527040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221068 035 $a(PQKB)11139364 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617301 035 $a(OCoLC)51444121 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36068 035 $a(DE-B1597)446253 035 $a(OCoLC)979685329 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822676 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035838 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275350 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486506842 100 $a19980306d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedicine in the English Middle Ages /$fFaye Getz 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-08522-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-160) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter I. The Variety of Medical Practitioners in Medieval England --$tChapter II. Medical Travelers to England and the English Medical Practitioner Abroad --$tChapter III. The Medieval English Medical Text --$tChapter IV. The Institutional and Legal Faces of English Medicine --$tChapter V. Well-Being without Doctors: Medicine, Faith, and Economy among the Rich and Poor --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tName Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aThis book presents an engaging, detailed portrait of the people, ideas, and beliefs that made up the world of English medieval medicine between 750 and 1450, a time when medical practice extended far beyond modern definitions. The institutions of court, church, university, and hospital--which would eventually work to separate medical practice from other duties--had barely begun to exert an influence in medieval England, writes Faye Getz. Sufferers could seek healing from men and women of all social ranks, and the healing could encompass spiritual, legal, and philosophical as well as bodily concerns. Here the author presents an account of practitioners (English Christians, Jews, and foreigners), of medical works written by the English, of the emerging legal and institutional world of medicine, and of the medical ideals present among the educated and social elite. How medical learning gained for itself an audience is the central argument of this book, but the journey, as Getz shows, was an intricate one. Along the way, the reader encounters the magistrates of London, who confiscate a bag said by its owner to contain a human head capable of learning to speak, and learned clerical practitioners who advise people on how best to remain healthy or die a good death. Islamic medical ideas as well as the poetry of Chaucer come under scrutiny. Among the remnants of this far distant medical past, anyone may find something to amuse and something to admire. 606 $aMedicine, Medieval$zEngland 606 $aMedicine$zEngland$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine, Medieval 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 676 $a160/.942/0902 700 $aGetz$b Faye Marie$f1952-$01609469 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822766403321 996 $aMedicine in the English Middle Ages$93974703 997 $aUNINA