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Medicine in the Middle Ages

Medicine in the Middle Ages

by Edmond Dupouy

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Author
Dupouy, Edmond, 1838-1920
Title
Medicine in the Middle Ages Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. Minor
Credits
E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
R: Medicine
Subject
Medicine, Medieval
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63938
Release Date
December 2, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s Note
  2. 2.Medicine in the Middle Ages.
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.THE PHYSICIANS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
  5. 5.THE GREAT EPIDEMICS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. — THE PLAGUE — THE BLACK PLAGUE. — LE MAL DES ARDENTS. — THE ERUPTIVE FEVERS OF THE SIXTH CENTURY —— VARIOLA, MEASLES, SCARLATINA. — THE SWEATING SICKNESS OF ENGLAND. — THE SCURVY. — LEPROSY. — THE SYPHILIS.
  6. 6.THE DEMONOMANIA OF THE MIDDLE AGES. — ORIGIN OF MAGIC AND SORCERY — THE THEOLOGIANS AND DEMONOLOGICAL JUDGES. — DEMONOLOGICAL PHYSICIANS. — THE BEWITCHED, POSSESSED, SORCERERS AND DEMONOMANIACS. — THE HYSTERO-DEMONOMANIA OF THE CLOISTER. — HYSTERIA AND PSYCHIC FORCE.
  7. 7.MEDICINE IN THE LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. — THE FARCE OF MASTER PATHELIN. — LA FARCE DE MUNYER. — L’AVEUGLE ET LE BOITEUX — LUNACY AND LOVE. — THE TREASURER’S WIFE. — LUCILLE AND INNOCENCE UNCOVERED. — THE GOUT. — CONDEMNATION OF HIGH LIVING AND PRAISE OF DIET AND SOBRIETY. [99] — THE FOLLY OF THE WORLD. — GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note

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