Semantic Scholar
Open Access
2009
59 sitasi
What's Wrong with Early Medieval Medicine?
P. Horden
Abstrak
The medical writings of early medieval western Europe c. 700 – c. 1000 have often been derided for their disorganised appearance, poor Latin, nebulous conceptual framework, admixtures of magic and folklore, and general lack of those positive features that historians attribute to ancient or later medieval medicine. This paper attempts to rescue the period from its negative image. It examines a number of superficially bizarre writings so as to place them in an intellectual and sociological context, and to suggest that the presumed contrast between them and their ancient and later medieval counterparts has been wrongly drawn.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
P
P. Horden
Akses Cepat
Informasi Jurnal
- Tahun Terbit
- 2009
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 59×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1093/shm/hkp052
- Akses
- Open Access ✓