Healing and Society in Medieval England: A Middle English Translation of the Pharmaceutical Writings of Gilbertus Anglicus

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Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science and Medicine Number 8 General Editors tWilliam Coleman David C. Lindberg Ronald L. Numbers The Middle English Gilbertus Anglicus, London, Wellcome MS 537, f. 275v • HEALING AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND A Middle English Translation of the Pharmaceutical Writings of Gilbertus Anglicus Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Faye Marie Getz The University of Wisconsin Press The University ofWisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3'd floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 1991 The Board ofRegents ofthe University ofWisconsin System All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a Web site without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Getz, Faye Marie, 1952Healing and society in Medieval England: a Middle English translation of the pharmaceutical writings of Gilbertus Anglicus I edited by Faye Marie Getz. 456 pp. cm. - (Wisconsin publications in the history of science and medicine; no. 8) Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-University of Toronto), 1981. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Gilbertus, Anglicus. Compendium medicinae. English (Middle English) 2. Medicine, Medieval-England. I. Series. [DNLM: 1. Gilbertus, Anglicus. 2. History of Medicine, MedievalEngland . 3. Pharmacy-history-England. WI WI805 no. 8 I WZ 294 G466cGJ R487.G55313G48 610'.942'0902-dc20 ISBN 0-299-12930-6 1991 90-50643 elP ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12934-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) For Hal ...