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Medical History Manuals
General Editor—John D. Comrie,
M.A., B.SC., M.D., F.R.C.P.E.
MEDIEVAL MEDICINE
IN THE SAME SERIES
PASTEUR AND AFTER PASTEUR
By STEPHEN PAGET, F.R.C.S.
With 8 full-page Illustrations.
THE EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF SURGERY BEFORE LISTER
By ALEX. MILES, M.D., F.R.C.S.
With 8 full-page Illustrations.
A. AND C. BLACK, LTD., 4 SOHO SQ., LONDON, W. 1
AN AMPUTATION BELOW THE KNEE
This is the first picture of an amputation known
From Gerssdorff’s woodcut, reproduced in Gurlt’s “Geschichte der Chirurgie”
MEDIEVAL
MEDICINE
BY
JAMES J. WALSH
K.C.St.G., M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., Litt.D.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, SOCIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, AND
PROFESSOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, NEW YORK
FELLOW A.M.A., A.A.A.S., MEMBER OF THE FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN
SOCIETIES FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ETC.
AUTHOR OF “MAKERS OF MODERN MEDICINE,” AND OTHER VOLUMES ON
MEDICAL HISTORY
| “Multum egerunt qui ante nos fuerunt, sed non peregerunt. Suspiciendi tamen sunt et ritu Deorum colendi.” Seneca: Epist. LXIV. |
A. & C. BLACK, LTD.
4, 5 & 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. 1
1920
Made in Great Britain.
PREFACE
“Medieval Medicine” is the story of the medical sciences in the MiddleAges. The Middle Ages are usually assumed to begin with the deposition ofRomulus Augustulus, 476, and end with the fall of Constantinople, 1453. Inthis little volume, then, we have to outline the history of human effortsto prevent and treat the ills of mankind for nearly one thousand years.Until recently, i