Healthcare in the Middle Ages Archives - Page 6 of 7

by Medievalists.net October 9, 2011

Military Medicine in the Crusaders’ Kingdom of Jerusalem

Medicine was probably the sphere in which the European immigrants benefited most from their contacts with the East, with the Latins (as the Europeans were called) acquiring medical knowledge from the local practicing physicians.

by Medievalists.net September 28, 2011

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Some Early Hospitals in Wales and the Border

Some Early Hospitals in Wales and the Border By John Cule National Library of Wales journal, Vol.20:2 (1977) Introduction: A hospital is not…

by Medievalists.net September 28, 2011

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Anglo-Saxon Medicine within its Social Context

This thesis considers the medical history of the Anglo- Saxons, and utilises all available sources of evidence, whether documentary, archaeological or medical, in an attempt to gain a comprehensive view of the medical aspects of society.

by Sandra Alvarez September 10, 2011

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Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period

Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period McPhee, Meghan Thesis: M.A., (History), California State…

by Sandra Alvarez September 5, 2011

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Adelard of Bath and Roger Bacon: early English natural philosophers and scientists

Adelard of Bath and Roger Bacon: early English natural philosophers and scientists Hackett, Jeremiah M. Endeavour, Vol. 26(2) 2002 Abstract The image of Roger Bacon…

by Medievalists.net September 3, 2011

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New ‘Medicine’ for Old? Recipes, remedies and treatments in vernacular manuscripts

New ‘Medicine’ for Old? Recipes, remedies and treatments in vernacular manuscripts By Theresa Tyers North and South, East and West: Movements in the…

by Sandra Alvarez August 31, 2011

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Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt

Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt Jeppson, Karolina M.A. Cultural Anthropology Thesis,Uppsala University,…

by Sandra Alvarez August 31, 2011

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Female healers and the boundaries of medical practice in post-plague England

Female healers and the boundaries of medical practice in post-plague England Chamberland, Celeste M.A. Thesis, Concordia University, March, (1997) Abstract This study is an…

by Medievalists.net August 28, 2011

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From a Master to a Laywoman: A Feminine Manual of Self-Help

From a Master to a Laywoman: A Feminine Manual of Self-Help By Montserrat Cabre Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam,…

by Sandra Alvarez August 28, 2011

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Lovesickness: The Most Common Form of Heart Disease

The signs and symptoms of lovesickness are often consistent regardless of time or culture.

by Medievalists.net August 22, 2011

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The virtues and vices of old people in the late middle ages

The virtues and vices of old people in the late middle ages By Michael Goodich International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Vol.30:2…

by Sandra Alvarez August 21, 2011

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The Plague of Justinian and Other Scourges: An analysis of the Anomalies in the Development of the Iron Age population in Finland

The Plague of Justinian and Other Scourges: An analysis of the Anomalies in the Development of the Iron Age population in Finland Seger, Tapio…

by Sandra Alvarez August 21, 2011

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Plague Mortality and Demographic Depression in Later Medieval England

Plague Mortality and Demographic Depression in Later Medieval England Poos, L.R. (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge) THE YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 54, (1981)…

by Sandra Alvarez August 18, 2011

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Health Education through the Ages

I shall group my remarks around two questions: whose was the task to educate, and who was to be educated?

by Sandra Alvarez August 17, 2011

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Surgical Education in the Middle Ages

The new surgical texts of the thirteenth century suggest that their authors wished their subject to appear as a learned discipline, yet it was still communicated by individual practitioners privately to one or two disciples, not in a university setting

by Medievalists.net August 12, 2011

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The Form and Function of Medieval Hospitals

Between the very late eleventh century and the 1530s, a bare minimum of 1,300 hospitals and almshouses were founded in England.

by Sandra Alvarez July 17, 2011

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Etiology of the Dancing Plague

Etiology of the Dancing Plague O’Neill, Daniel InterCulture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall (2005) Abstract The phenomenon of dancing mania (also…

by Sandra Alvarez July 17, 2011

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The Indexing Of Medieval Women: The Feminine Tradition Of Medical Wisdom In Anglo-Saxon England And The Metrical Charms

The Indexing Of Medieval Women: The Feminine Tradition Of Medical Wisdom In Anglo-Saxon England And The Metrical Charms Sanburn, Keri Elizabeth Master’s Thesis, Florida State…

by Medievalists.net July 10, 2011

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Medieval Charitable Institutions and Intellectual Impairment c.1066–1600

Medieval Charitable Institutions and Intellectual Impairment c.1066–1600 By Timothy Stainton Journal on Developmental Disabilities, Vol.8:2 (2001) Abstract: This article examines the question of…

by Sandra Alvarez July 10, 2011

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The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: a paleopathological and paleodietary perspective

The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: apaleopathological and paleodietary perspective Yoder, Cassady J. PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University,…

by Sandra Alvarez June 28, 2011

Conferences

Early Medieval Crystal Amulets: Secular Instruments of Protection and Healing

The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study…

by Sandra Alvarez June 28, 2011

Conferences

Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healing in Medieval and Early Modern England

Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healingin Medieval and Early Modern England Harris, Nichola E. (SUNY–Ulster) The Sacred…

by Medievalists.net June 28, 2011

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Illness without doctors: medieval systems of healthcare in Scotland

When most common folk fell ill they consulted a local healer, either a man (‘cunning man’), but more usually a woman (‘cunning woman’), with a practical knowledge of medicinal herbs, magical amulets and charms

by Medievalists.net June 27, 2011

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Medieval advice to pregnant mothers: don’t drink water, have wine instead

Medieval medical opinion believed that foods could play an important role in the health and behaviour of people – certain kinds of foods, if eaten too much, could cause illness or cause a person to become depressed or melancholy.

by Sandra Alvarez June 26, 2011

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The medical resources and practice of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine 1096-1193

The medical resources and practice of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine 1096-1193 Woodings, Ann F. Medical History, Vol.15:3 (1971) Abstract At the…