The Practical Medicine of Medieval Surgeons and Physicians

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

William H. York

Organizer Affiliation

Portland State Univ.

Presider Name

William H. York

Paper Title 1

Mineral Water Treatments in Late Medieval Italy

Presenter 1 Name

Beth Petitjean

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 2

The Propriety of Practical Medicine

Presenter 2 Name

Kira L. Robison

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Paper Title 3

Hildegard's Healing Landscape

Presenter 3 Name

Helga Ruppe

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Univ.

Start Date

14-5-2017 8:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010

Description

This session seeks to examine the practice of medieval surgery and medicine. This includes examinations of the regulations of medical practitioners, folk medicine, patient-doctor interactions, the variety of cures including materia medica and baths (balneology).

William H. York