Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages
byWilliam H. York is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies in the University Honors Program at Portland State University, Portland, OR.
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York, William. Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages. Greenwood, 2012. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313378669.
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Early medical practices are not just a historical curiosity, but real stories about people and health that may teach us much about the 21st century. This intriguing volume offers a comparative examination of early medicine and health care in regions as varied as ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China, the Islamic world, and medieval Europe.
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Table of Contents
Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Author(s): York, William;Contributors: York, William;Abstract:Early medical practices are not just a historical curiosity, but real stories about people and health that may teach us much about the 21st century. This intriguing volume offers a comparative examination of early medicine and health care in regions as varied as ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China, the Islamic world, and medieval Europe.
SortTitle: health and wellness in antiquity through the middle agesAuthor Info:William H. YorkauthorWilliam H. York is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies in the University Honors Program at Portland State University, Portland, OR.
eISBN-13: 9780313378669Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313378669.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313378652Entry Code: EGR7865Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 272Publication Date: 20120817Series: Health and Wellness in Daily Life- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Series Foreword xiii14
- 1. Factors in Health and Wellness 116
- 2. Education and Training: Learned and Non-Learned 1732
- 3. Religion and Medicine 4358
- 4. Women's Health 5974
- Gynecology: Women's Bodies and Women's Diseases 5974
- Mesopotamia and Egypt 5974
- Greek and Roman Gynecological Literature 6176
- Gynecology in Ayurvedic Medical Literature 6277
- Gynecology in Traditional Chinese Medicine 6378
- Female Practitioners and Women Patients in the Islamic World 6580
- The "Secrets of Women" and Male Physicians in Medieval Europe 6782
- Obstetrics: Managing Pregnancy and Childbirth 6883
- 5. Health in Infancy, Childhood, and Old Age 8196
- 6. Infectious Disease in the Premodern World 101116
- 7. Environmental and Occupational Hazards 121136
- 8. Surgery and Manual Operations 135150
- 9. The Brain and Mental Disorders 159174
- The Mind and Illness in Mesopotamia and Egypt 160175
- Mental Health and Humoral Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome 161176
- The Mind and Mental Health in Ayurvedic Medicine 162177
- Mental Illness in Traditional Chinese Medicine 164179
- Mental Illness in Islamic Medicine 169184
- Mental Illness in Medieval Europe 171186
- 10. The Apothecary and His Pharmacopeia 175190
- 11. War and Health 193208
- 12. Institutions and Health 205220
- Governmental and Religious Institutions in Mesopotamia and Egypt 206221
- Institutional Support for Health and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome 209224
- Institutional Medicine in Ancient India 212227
- Health and the State in China 214229
- Hospitals in the Islamic World and Medieval Europe 216231
- The Black Death and Public Health in Medieval Europe 218233
- 13. Healing and the Arts 221236
- Glossary 231246
- Suggestions for Further Reading 235250
- Bibliography 239254
- Index 245260