Medicine in the Middle Ages / Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. Minor
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Medicine in the Middle Ages, by Edmond Dupouy, Translated by Thomas C. Minor
It should be noted that almost all of the French in the book is unaccented. No attempt has been made to correct this.
EXTRACTS FROM “LE MOYEN AGE MEDICAL”
DR. EDMOND DUPOUY.
TRANSLATED BY T. C. MINOR, M.D.
Reprinted from the Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic, Dec. 1, 1888, to Feb. 16, 1889.
CINCINNATI: CINCINNATI LANCET PRESS PRINT, 1889.
MEDICINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
EXTRACTS FROM “LE MOYEN AGE MEDICAL” OF DR. EDMOND DUPOUY.
TRANSLATED BY T. C. MINOR, M.D.
In the fourth century of the Christian era Roman civilization expired; Western Europe was invaded by the barbarians; letters and science sought a last refuge at Alexandria; the Middle Age commenced.
Edmond Dupouy
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Transcriber’s Note
Medicine in the Middle Ages.
THE PHYSICIANS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
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.
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.
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.
THE FOLLY OF THE WORLD.
GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL.
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