Medicine and pharmacy in Byzantine hospitals : a study of the extant formularies / David Bennett.

Author
Bennett, David, 1940-2012 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description
xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Medicine in the medieval Mediterranean [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index.
    Contents
    • From hostel to hospital: the Byzantine xenôn
    • Uncertainties
    • Can history be written from manuscripts?
    • "In conformity with xenôn practice": the Therapeutikai
    • On the symptom of acute and chronic affections: Romanos, Theophilos and the Prostagai
    • Armoury, monastery, infirmary: the Mangana xenôn remedies; codex Vaticanus graecus 299
    • The codex Parisinus graecus 2194, ff. 441r-450v (Xenoika I and II)
    • In the great porticoed street of Maurianos?: the Mauraganos xenôn text
    • Conclusions
    • Introduction
    • Texts.
    ISBN
    • 9781409441656 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1409441652 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016029100
    OCLC
    953363716
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