Medicine in the Middle Ages
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This book is dedicated to the medicine of the Middle Ages - mysterious, strange, and amazing. How did people manage to protect themselves from many diseases, including deadly ones that struck them? How could medicine exist when all sciences were subordinate to theology? Could a doctor test medicines without ending up on the stake of the inquisition? Do we know any medieval recipes? Can we trust the medicines that existed back then? Or would we have died from them at the first sneeze? Would we survive if we ended up in the hands of a surgeon who had no medical education and operated without anesthesia? Did this surgeon know anatomy? And if he tried to relieve us of a headache by drilling a hole in the skull, would we survive? Would we survive if during a plague epidemic, we followed the doctor's advice to eat hedgehog meat and drink broth made from it? How long would we live in such conditions? Did medieval medicine stagnate or was it a source of useful knowledge? Nowadays, people are once again becoming victims of new, unfamiliar epidemics. The question arises: did the medieval doctors have lost recipes that could be useful today? Answering these questions, the book provides a vivid overview of the history of Western European medicine. Open it to any page - you will find interesting historical facts, and sometimes the secrets of medieval healers. We will get acquainted with their recipes for all occasions in life - how to make someone fall in love with you, and how to get rid of someone who annoys you. The book is intended for a wide range of readers: those interested in or involved in medicine, as well as those who try to stay away from doctors.
Author:
Author:Tomchin A.B.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Medical Books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21x17x1.6 cm
Series:
Series:History and Science of the Russian Internet
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-159121-2
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