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Medicine and Pharmacy in Byzantine Hospitals: A Study of the Extant Formularies

By David C. Bennett

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781409441656, 9781315551142, 1409441652
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1571293 bytes)
Series
Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean
Pages
pages cm\267
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ancient;MedicineHospitalsMedieval -- Byzantine Empire;Byzantine EmpireMedieval--Byzantine Empire;MedicineMedieval;Hospitals

Description

Introduction / Part One: Researching the history of the Byzantine hospital / 1. From hostel to hospital. The Byzantine xenon / 2. Uncertainties / 3. Can history be written from manuscripts? / Part Two: Exploring the textual evidence / 4. "In conformity with xenon patice" The Therapeutikai / 5. On the symptoms of acute and chronic affections. Romanos, Theophilos and the Prostagai / 6. Armoury, monastery, infirmary. The Mangana Xenon remedies. Codex Vaticanus graecus 299 / 7. The codex Parisinus graecus 2194, ff. 441r-450v (Xenonika I and II) / 8. In the great porticoed street of Maurianos? The Mauraganos xenon text / Part Three: The search for healing in Byzantine xenones / 9. Conclusions / Part Four: Consulting hospital formularies / Introduction / Texts / Bibliography / Index

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