Medieval Pharmacotherapy - Continuity and Change

Case Studies from Ibn Sīnā And Some of His Late Medieval Commentators
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17119-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 796 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1445 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

The development of medical drug therapy in medieval times can be seen as an interplay between tradition and innovation. This book follows the changes in the therapy from the Arabic medicine of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) to Latin medical scholasticism, aiming to trace both the continuity and the development in the theory and practice of medieval drug therapy. In this delicate balance between change and continuity a crucial role was played by the scientific community through critical rejection or acceptance of new ideas. The drug choices were in most cases rational also from the point of view of contemporary medical theory. The method used in the book for studying these choices could promote the development of a novel methodology for historical ethnopharmacology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paavilainen, Helena

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Helena Paavilainen, Ph.D. (2003) in History of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Researcher in the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Her main research interests are ethnopharmacology and history of pharmacology, especially the Hebrew, Arabic and Latin traditions.