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An auction catalog of valuable and rare books made available by the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch that was held in Cincinnati, Ohio on January, 28th 1870 at the auction house of S.G. Hubbard.
This book presents an engaging, detailed portrait of the people, ideas, and beliefs that made up the world of English medieval medicine between 750 and 1450, a time when medical practice extended far beyond modern definitions. The institutions of court, church, university, and hospital--which would eventually work to separate medical practice from other duties--had barely begun to exert an influence in medieval England, writes Faye Getz. Sufferers could seek healing from men and women of all social ranks, and the healing could encompass spiritual, legal, and philosophical as well as bodily concerns. Here the author presents an account of practitioners (English Christians, Jews, and foreigner...
Excerpt from The Second Edition of Edward Fitzgerald's Ruba'iyyat of 'Umar Khayyam: London, 1868, B. Quaritch Movodcov (si 36' floakoc e'e' copr'ypov xare'xov'rec re Kai e'xovrac. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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