The Medieval Surgery

Tony Hunt presents, for the first time, the complete set of illustrations which accompany a 13th-century Anglo-Norman translation of Roger of Parma's Surgery (c.1180), the first original treatise on surgery to be written inthe medieval West. His commentary relates the drawings precisely to the sections of text they illustrate, providing accurate identification of the different medical treatments depicted, fusing careful translation from the Latintext with modern medical perception. These distinctive drawings, almost without parallel in 13th-century England, show a consummate medical illustrator at work and reveal a great deal of information on the medieval pharmacy and the range of therapeutic treatments practised. TONY HUNT is the author of Popular Medicine, Plant Names of Medieval England and Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England.

ISBN:	9780851157542
Publisher:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Published date:	07 Oct 1999
DEWEY:	617
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	120
Weight:	167g
Height:	216mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	7mm

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