Innovation in Byzantine medicine

the writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330)

Verfasser / Beitragende:
Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
Beschreibung:
xviii, 342 pages : illustrations
Format:
Buch
Ausgabe:
First edition
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction - 2. On urines: Byzantine uroscopy between tradition and innovation - 3. On urines: the physician and his patients 4. Medical epitome: a handbook for Philiatroi ('amateur physicians') - 5. Medical epitome: assembling pharmacological knowledge in late Byzantium - 6. On psychic pneuma: John's advice on how to lead a healthy life - 7. Conclusion - Appendices. 1. Glossary of medical terms - 2. Accounts of urine colour in Theophilos' On urines and John's On urines - 3. John's diagram of the urine vial in his On urines - 4. Treatment of Eye affections and scirrhus in John's Medical epitome, book four - 5. The manuscripts of the Medical epitome - 6. Chapter titles of John's Medical epitome, books three and four, and list of recipes of books five and six 
520 8 |a Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based to a great extent on the comments of earlier authorities, which are often repeated uncritically. This volume presents the first comprehensive examination of the medical corpus of, arguably, the most important Late Byzantine physician: John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330). Its main thesis is that John's medical works show an astonishing degree of openness to knowledge from outside Byzantium combined with a significant degree of originality, in particular, in the fields of uroscopy and human physiology. The analysis of John's edited (On Urines and On Psychic Pneuma) and unedited (Medical Epitome) treatises is supported for the first time by the consultation of a large number of manuscripts, and is also informed by evidence from a wide range of medical sources, including those previously unpublished, and texts from other genres, such as epistolography and merchants' accounts. The contextualization of John's corpus sheds new light on the development of Byzantine medical thought and practice, and enhances our understanding of the Late Byzantine social and intellectual landscape. Through examination of his medical observations in the light of examples from the medieval Latin and Islamic worlds, his theories are also placed within the wider Mediterranean milieu, highlighting the cultural exchange between Byzantium and its neighbours. 
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