Roger French, R. K. French

Medicine Before Science

The Business of Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An introductory history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780521809771
• ISBN-10: 0521809770
• Artikelnr.: 29337374

Autorenporträt

Roger French is Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare Hall.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Sources: 1. Hippocrates and the philosophers
2. Galen
Part II. The Latin Tradition: 3. Medieval schools
4. Scholastic medicine
5. The weakening of the Latin tradition
Part III. The Crisis: 6. The crisis of theory
7. Resolutions
8. Enlightenment, systems and science
Select bibliography.