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Chapter 4 Galen in Byzantine Medical Literature
(2019)
This chapter explores the various ways in which Galen was revived in the works of Byzantine medical authors by concentrating on literary output from the seventh/eighth century to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman ...
Chapter 2 Galen in Late Antique Medical Handbooks
(2019)
This chapter explores the use and adaptation of the
Galenic corpus in the hands of late antique medical compilers. It is divided
into two main sections dealing with Greek and Latin authors respectively.
Chapter 5 Galen in Byzantine iatrosophia
(2019)
Within the academic community there are a number of common and widespread
prejudices about the nature of iatrosophia. Iatrosophia are usually
regarded as vernacular compilations of medical texts lacking structure or ...
Chapter EIGHT Writing Revelation
(2019)
This essay addresses intersections of gender and genre by exploring the complex ways in which the Book of Margery Kempe draws on other devotional texts, particularly those of Hilton and Rolle, on the lives of holy women, ...
Vaccinating Britain
(2019)
Vaccinating Britain shows how the British public has played a central role in the development of vaccination policy since the Second World War. It explores the relationship between the public and public health through five ...