In this Book
- Healing and Society in Medieval England: A Middle English Translation of the Pharmaceutical Writings of Gilbertus Anglicus
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
Originally composed in Latin by Gilbertus Anglicus (Gilbert the Englishman), his Compendium of Medicine was a primary text of the medical revolution in thirteenth-century Europe. Composed mainly of medicinal recipes, it offered advice on diagnosis, medicinal preparation, and prognosis. In the fifteenth-century it was translated into Middle English to accommodate a widening audience for learning and medical “secrets.”
Faye Marie Getz provides a critical edition of the Middle English text, with an extensive introduction to the learned, practical, and social components of medieval medicine and a summary of the text in modern English. Getz also draws on both the Latin and Middle English texts to create an extensive glossary of little-known Middle English pharmaceutical and medical vocabulary.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Introduction
- pp. xv-lxxiv
- The Middle English Gilbertus Angelicus from Wellcome MS 537
- I. The Head
- pp. 1-31
- II. The Eyes
- pp. 32-62
- III. The Eyelids and Lashes
- pp. 62-64
- IV. The Ears
- pp. 64-78
- V. The Nose
- pp. 78-87
- VI. The Mouth
- pp. 87-91
- VII. The Teeth
- pp. 91-97
- VIII. The Tongue and Throat
- pp. 97-105
- IX. The Upper Chest
- pp. 105-120
- X. The Lungs
- pp. 120-143
- XI. The Heart
- pp. 143-153
- XII. The Stomach
- pp. 153-190
- XIII. The Guts
- pp. 190-215
- XIV. The Liver
- pp. 215-231
- XV. The Spleen
- pp. 231-244
- XVI. The Kidneys
- pp. 244-254
- XVII. The Bladder
- pp. 254-270
- XVIII. The Penis
- pp. 271-278
- XIX. Hemorrhoids
- pp. 278-305
- Commentary
- pp. 306-327
- Alphabetical List of Plants by Genus
- pp. 379-387
- Bibliography
- pp. 388-395
- Series Page
- pp. 396-473
Additional Information
Copyright
1991