The Medicina Plinii

The Medicina Plinii
Author: Yvette Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317389042

This book presents the first ever English translation of the Medicina Plinii, one of the most influential books of applied medicine and self-medication in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The work, which predates AD 400, was created as a quick reference work for travellers, and became and remained highly influential, as witnessed by frequent references to it and by various later adaptations. Only the rise of scientific medicine and pharmacology led to its demise and confinement in a small corner of specialist studies. It presents more than 1,150 healing methods and recipes mainly adapted from the encyclopedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, arranged from the patient’s head to foot in order that readers could quickly find treatments for their diseases. The Medicina Plinii is of dual interest to present-day scholarship: The book is a monument for the practical application of classical knowledge which has recently found lively interest in the history of science and medicine. At the same time the Medicina Plinii provides a fascinating insight into the realities of the world of Late Antiquity, and into the anxieties of the people living in the vast Roman empire. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students in the History of Science and Medicine, along with a wider audience interested in medicine, and in life in the Roman world.

The Medicina Plinii

The Medicina Plinii
Author: Yvette Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317389034

This book presents the first ever English translation of the Medicina Plinii, one of the most influential books of applied medicine and self-medication in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The work, which predates AD 400, was created as a quick reference work for travellers, and became and remained highly influential, as witnessed by frequent references to it and by various later adaptations. Only the rise of scientific medicine and pharmacology led to its demise and confinement in a small corner of specialist studies. It presents more than 1,150 healing methods and recipes mainly adapted from the encyclopedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, arranged from the patient’s head to foot in order that readers could quickly find treatments for their diseases. The Medicina Plinii is of dual interest to present-day scholarship: The book is a monument for the practical application of classical knowledge which has recently found lively interest in the history of science and medicine. At the same time the Medicina Plinii provides a fascinating insight into the realities of the world of Late Antiquity, and into the anxieties of the people living in the vast Roman empire. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students in the History of Science and Medicine, along with a wider audience interested in medicine, and in life in the Roman world.

Anglo-Saxon Medicine

Anglo-Saxon Medicine
Author: Malcolm Laurence Cameron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1993-07-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521405211

The first book to study Old English medical texts.

The Medicina Plinii

The Medicina Plinii
Author: Kai Brodersen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781138934825

Presented with facing Latin text, this is the first English translation and an up-to-date commentary of the Medicina Plinii, a late antique book on self-medication for travellers, adapted from Pliny's Natural History,which became one of the most influential books of applied medicine and self-medication in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is of dual interest to present-day scholarship: it is a monument for the practical application of classical knowledge which has recently found lively interest in the history of science and medicine. It also provides a fascinating insight into the realities of the world of late antiquity, and into the anxieties of the people living in the vast Roman empire.

Drugs in the Medieval Mediterranean

Drugs in the Medieval Mediterranean
Author: Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1009389742

Adopts a pan-Mediterranean approach to the study of medieval medicine and pharmacology, which permits a deeper understanding of broader phenomena such as the transfer of scientific knowledge and cultural exchange. Of great importance to medical historians, medieval historians and scholars of Byzantine, Islamicate, Jewish, and Latin traditions.

Latin Literature

Latin Literature
Author: Gian Biagio Conte
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 866
Release: 1999-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801862533

This history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the 1000 year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. It offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors.

Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice, c.775-900

Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice, c.775-900
Author: Claire Burridge
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2024-07-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9004466177

Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice explores the practicality and applicability of the medical recipes recorded in early medieval manuscripts. It takes an original, dual approach to these overlooked and understudied texts by not only analysing their practical usability, but by also re-evaluating these writings in the light of osteological evidence. Could those individuals with access to the manuscripts have used them in the context of therapy? And would they have wanted to do so? In asking these questions, this book unpacks longstanding assumptions about the intended purposes of medical texts, offering a new perspective on the relationship between medical knowledge and practice.

Medical Texts in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture

Medical Texts in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture
Author: Emily Kesling
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1843845490

Winner of the Best First Monograph from the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) 2021. An examination of the Old English medical collections, arguing that these texts are products of a learned intellectual culture.

A Companion to Late Antique Literature

A Companion to Late Antique Literature
Author: Scott McGill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 670
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118830350

Noted scholars in the field explore the rich variety of late antique literature With contributions from leading scholars in the field, A Companion to Late Antique Literature presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The Companion covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. Comprehensive in scope, this important volume presents new research, methodologies, and significant debates in the field. The Companion explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the period. This authoritative text: Provides an inclusive overview of late antique literature Offers the widest survey to date of the literary traditions and forms of the period, including those in several languages other than Greek and Latin Presents the most current research and new methodologies in the field Contains contributions from an international group of contributors Written for students and scholars of late antiquity, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative review of the literature from the era.