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Trota of Salerno (And Description Trotula)
Trota of Salerno (And Description Trotula)
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The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine
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Contents
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Illustrations
Preface
Map
Introduction
The Trotula
Book on the Conditions of Women
On Treatments for Women
On Womens Cosmetics
Appendix: Compound Medicines Employed in the Trotula Ensemble
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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The Trotula
THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES Ruth Mazo Karras, General Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor
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The Trotula An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine Edited and translated by Monica H. Green
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University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia
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Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I9III Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Trotula : an English translation of the medieval compendium of women's medicine / edited and translated by Monica H. Green. p. cm. - (The Middle Ages series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Gynecology-Early works to 2. Obstet
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History of Medicine
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The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological investigation placed the cradle of the human race. But, in a condensed article such as this, there are important reasons which dictate the choice of another starting point. Modern medical science rests upon a Greek foundation, and whatever other civilized peoples may have accomplished in this field lies outside our inquiry. It is certain that the Greeks brought much with them from their original home, and also that they learned a great deal from their intercourse with other civilized countries, especially Egypt and India; but the Greek mind assimilated knowledge in such a fashion that its origin can rarely be recognized.
Mythical, Homeric, and pre-Hippocratic times
Greek medical science, like that of all civilized peoples, shows in the beginning a purely theurgical character. Apollo is regarded as the founder of medical science, and, in post-Homeric times, his son Æsculapius (in H