- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada (28 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778713903
- ISBN-13: 978-0778713906
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21 x 0.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 517,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is useful for ages 7-14. Medicine was a mysterious art in the Middle Ages and had not yet benefited from the scientific discoveries we take for granted today. This astonishing new book illustrates how death and incurable disease were considered a common part of medieval life. Young readers will be fascinated by the history of the Black Death, or the Plague, which killed millions of people in Europe, and why medical treatments in the Middle Ages were often worse than the disease. Topics covered in this book include: a timeline of medical changes through the Middle Ages; common medieval diseases and their causes, such as smallpox, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and leprosy; "The Back Plague" and the modern explanation for it; the Four Humors; operations and treatments such as bloodletting, cupping, cauterising; medicine makers such as apothecaries and housewives; famous doctors such as Hippocrates, Galen, Rhazes and Avicenna; women's place in medicine.
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Medieval Medicine and the Plague
20 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback
These books in The Medieval World series (there are 20), published by Crabtree Publishing Company, serve myriad purposes. For the intended reading age, 9-12, they present medieval life--very confusing to our contemporary conventions--in a perfectly understandable fashion. For that age range, I could not recommend these books higher. If I'd had such materials when I was younger, I might have ended up as a medieval scholar.
Yet they also serve a purpose that the publisher may not have intended, and that is for the casual researcher of medieval life.
There are accessible texts for the casual researcher, this is true, but none that I've seen contain simple explanations and diagrams. For example, this book is full of wonderful illustrations that depict: a two-page diagram of Plague Horrors; an Apothecary at work; medical school; and many, many more.
Every page in this book (there are 32 pages in every book in the series), is presented in full color, the pages colored to resemble parchment, and the illustrations done to wonderfully evoke the period.
The "chapters" included are:
Medieval Medicine
Medieval Diseases
The Black Death
Plague Horrors
Medical Beliefs
Home Remedies
The Apothecary
Doctors
Surgeons
Female Doctors (very interesting chapter)
Hospitals
Death and Burial
Glossary and Index (wonderful to have!)
If you're a writer, and you're looking for simple information on what medieval life looked like, this series of books can't be beat. To buy the entire series may be prohibitive, but if you have an idea of exactly what you want, this is a great starting point.
My only complaint would have to be that I wish these books were bound together in a single volume. Some of the material overlaps from book to book, and as the books themselves are only 32 pages long, a single volume would run well under 200 pages, I would imagine.
Yet they also serve a purpose that the publisher may not have intended, and that is for the casual researcher of medieval life.
There are accessible texts for the casual researcher, this is true, but none that I've seen contain simple explanations and diagrams. For example, this book is full of wonderful illustrations that depict: a two-page diagram of Plague Horrors; an Apothecary at work; medical school; and many, many more.
Every page in this book (there are 32 pages in every book in the series), is presented in full color, the pages colored to resemble parchment, and the illustrations done to wonderfully evoke the period.
The "chapters" included are:
Medieval Medicine
Medieval Diseases
The Black Death
Plague Horrors
Medical Beliefs
Home Remedies
The Apothecary
Doctors
Surgeons
Female Doctors (very interesting chapter)
Hospitals
Death and Burial
Glossary and Index (wonderful to have!)
If you're a writer, and you're looking for simple information on what medieval life looked like, this series of books can't be beat. To buy the entire series may be prohibitive, but if you have an idea of exactly what you want, this is a great starting point.
My only complaint would have to be that I wish these books were bound together in a single volume. Some of the material overlaps from book to book, and as the books themselves are only 32 pages long, a single volume would run well under 200 pages, I would imagine.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very informative, beautifully illustrated!
17 Mar 2011
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book and 8 others in the series for our study of the Middle Ages this year. They are very informative and beautifully illustrated. They are really worth the money (I own the paperback versions). The 9-12 reading level is accurate. Younger children can also benefit from these books especially if they are read to them. LQ.
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