Medicine In The Crusades: Warfare, Wounds And The Medieval Surgeon Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
This is the first book to be published on any aspect of medicine in the crusades. It will be of interest not only to scholars of the crusades specifically, but also to scholars of medieval Europe, the Byzantine world and the Islamic world. Focusing on injuries and their surgical treatment, Piers D. Mitchell considers medical practitioners, hospitals on battlefields and in towns, torture and mutilation, emergency and planned surgical procedures, bloodletting, analgesia and anesthesia. He provides an assessment of the exchange of medical knowledge that took place between East and West in the crusades, and of the medical negligence legislation for which the kingdom of Jerusalem was famous. The book presents a radical reassessment of many outdated misconceptions concerning medicine in the crusades and the Frankish states of the Latin East.
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Reissue edition (May 31, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521036607
ISBN-13: 978-0521036603
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This book isn't very large, but it's to the point, it's unbiased, and it's packed full of information. The price tag is steep, but it's a good book that you will have trouble finding the likes of anywhere else.The information on the subject it gives is directly from medieval sources and compiled and studied by a knowledgeable author. This gives the usual exquisite effect of contradicting modern ideas on the subject (where most people believe what uneducated cliche is written now, not having read what was really done then).It gives excellent accounts and information on hospitals, wounds, treatments, and techniques, among other things, in good, though not thorough, detail. It is a great resource, and has an excellent bibliography and references.This book is even quite worthwhile to those who study martial history, as most of the subject is due to the effects of contemporary martial arts, and includes information on remains of such victims that can be found no where else.I hold back the 5th star due to the price tag, and due to the short, yet conversely uneducated/outdated theories on some weaponry, thier effects, armours and tactics. The price tag is only justifiable by lack of anything else like this on the market, not by volume or quantity of content or binding, though it is of quality.
Phenomenal book! As an aspiring physician I was expecting it to give more details on actual procedures, but I am not at all disappointed. Dr. Piers D. Mitchell is an British professor & researcher. I have researched his work quite a bit after reading this book, and he is really one of a kind when it comes to knowledge about medieval medicine. Highly recommend this book!
Very accurate textbook for historic reviewers and surgeons and people whom are looking for good litterature in medieval accurate data.It is a book that you can read like a roman and and essay at the same time.Not too short and not too long. Just like it have to be.It 's price is just good.
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