Harris’s lines versus childrens living conditions in medieval Wroclaw, Poland
Harris’s lines versus childrens living conditions in medieval Wroclaw, Poland By Stanislaw Gronkiewicz et al., Variability and Evolution, Vol.9 (2001) Abstract: The skeletal…
A Pilgrimage of Faith, War, and Charity. The Order of the Hospital from Jerusalem to Malta
A Pilgrimage of Faith, War, and Charity: The Order of the Hospital from Jerusalem to Malta By Victor Mallia-Milanes Religion, Ritual and Mythology Aspects…
Reading the Literature – The Materia Medica and Tacuinum Sanitatis as Early Herbal and Health Handbooks
Reading the Literature – The Materia Medica and Tacuinum Sanitatis as Early Herbal and Health Handbooks By Kali Barrett The Proceedings of the…
Wise Women and Medical Men: Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Middle Ages
Wise Women and Medical Men: Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Middle Ages By Heather L. Wrigley The Proceedings of the 14th Annual History…
Leeching in the History: A Review
Leeching in the History: A Review By Younis Munshi, Irfat Ara, Huma Rafique and Zahoor Ahmad Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 11:13 (2008)…
Medieval Women’s Guides to Food during Pregnancy: Origins, Texts and Traditions
The dietary guidelines contained in medieval Arabic, Latin, and vernacular pregnancy-regimens are analyzed and their origins explored.
Misconceptions about Medieval Medicine: Humors, Leeches, Charms, and Prayers
Misconceptions about Medieval Medicine: Humors, Leeches, Charms, and Prayers By Michael Livingston Published online at Strange Horizons Synopsis: Provides an overview of medical…
Practice versus Theory: Medieval Materia Medica according to the Cairo Genizah
Practice versus Theory: Medieval Materia Medica according to the Cairo Genizah By Efraim Lev and Zohar Amar Medical History, Vol. 51 (2007) Synopsis: The…
Light in the Dark Ages
A strong emphasis on patient-centered and interdisciplinary care was evident in many of the areas of Islamic medicine during the Dark Ages. The achievements of Islamic physicians during the Dark Ages also demonstrates the importance of strong communication within the global medical field, as the presence of avenues for global academic communication could have eliminated much of the disparity in medical care in different parts of the world over subsequent centuries.
A Foundation of Western Ophthalmology in Medieval Islamic Medicine
The prevalence of eye diseases in the Islamic lands resulted in particular interest in their skilful diagnosis and treatment. Using principles of clinical observation, many ocular diseases were described or classified for the first time. I
Clothing Bodies, Dressing Rooms: Fashioning Fecundity in The Lisle Letters
Clothing Bodies, Dressing Rooms: Fashioning Fecundity in The Lisle Letters By Catherine Mann Parergon Vol. 22:1 (2005) Abstract One of the preparations for…
The Shift of Medical Education into the Universities
We want to trace the relationships between the development of universities and the professionalization of medical practice. I shall focus on the first phase of this lengthy process, largely the period between 1200 and 1400.
Masih bin Hakam, a Jewish-Christian (?) Physician of the Early Ninth Century
Masih bin Hakam, a Jewish-Christian (?) Physician of the Early Ninth Century By Y. Tzvi Langermann Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism, Vol.…
Medieval Hospitals of London
Medieval Hospitals of London Lecture by William Ayliffe Given on April 7, 2008 Synopis: This lecture looks at the birth of hospitals in London in the…
Public health problems in the medieval statutes of Vinodol, Vrbnik and Senj (West Croatia)
Public health problems in the medieval statutes of Vinodol, Vrbnik and Senj (West Croatia) By Jozip Azman et al., Journal of Public Health,…
The prevalence and pattern of distribution of root caries in a Scottish medieval population
The prevalence and pattern of distribution of root caries in a Scottish medieval population By N.W. Kerr Journal of Dental Research, Vol 69:3 (1990)…
Enamel Defects, Well-being and Mortality in a Medieval Danish Village
Biological anthropologists are in the unique position of being able to analyze human skeletal remains in order to reconstruct health, nutrition, environmental stress, disease and mortality experiences, in past populations. Skeletal assemblages have the potential to tell us about many types of individuals – rich, poor, male, female, young, old, healthy and sick.
Between Herbals et alia: Intertextuality in Medieval English Herbals
The study points out the close relationship between medical recipes and recipe-like passages in herbals (recipe paraphrases). The examples of recipe paraphrases show that they may have been perceived as indirect instruction.