A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition Text, Translation and Commentary |
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| Author:
| Clark, Patricia Ann |
| Series title: | Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-3571-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $139.95 |
Book Description:
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This is an edition, commentary, and English translation of a medical notebook belonging to a traditional healer from the village of Meronas in central Crete. It belongs to the genre of Iatrosophia: practical manuals of collected healing wisdom which contain admixtures of agricultural and meteorological lore as well as elements of religious, astrological and magical beliefs and traditions. At its core lies material from much earlier classical and Byzantine medical texts.
This is an edition, commentary, and English translation of a medical notebook belonging to a traditional healer from the village of Meronas in central Crete. It belongs to the genre of Iatrosophia: practical manuals of collected healing wisdom which contain admixtures of agricultural and meteorological lore as well as elements of religious, astrological and magical beliefs and traditions. At its core lies material from much earlier classical and Byzantine medical texts.