The Trotula : an English translation of the medieval compendium of women's medicine

The Trotula : an English translation of the medieval compendium of women's medicine / edited and translated by Monica H. Green.

The Trotula was the most influential compendium on women's medicine in medieval Europe. Green here presents the first modern English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the mid-thirteenth century and circulated widely in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Green, Monica Helen (Editor, Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Gynecology > Early works to 1800.
Obstetrics > Early works to 1800.
Women > Health and hygiene > Early works to 1800.
Medicine > Italy > Salerno > History.
Medicine, Medieval.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Ancient & Classical.
Gynecology
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Obstetrics
Women > Health and hygiene
Vrouwen.
Gynaecologie.
Verloskunde.
Italy > Salerno
Early works
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The Trotula was the most influential compendium on women's medicine in medieval Europe. Green here presents the first modern English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the mid-thirteenth century and circulated widely in learned circles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
ISBN:9780812202083
0812202082
1283211653
9781283211659
Language:Translated from the Latin with introduction and notes in English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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