cam a22 4500 583517676 CHVBK 20201027172643.0 200404s2020 xxk 000 0 eng d 0-19-885068-9 978-0-19-885068-7 (RERO)R009003549 (IDSBB)007160348 (VAUD)991021322697402852 (OCoLC)1108512368 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023652236002851 YDX eng BDX ERASA RERO frbcuc DF505-8-82 R141 .B67 2020 WZ 54 B766i 2020 s1me rero 949.50 900 15 610 15 610.949509023 23 610/.9495 23 Bouras-Vallianatos Petros (IDREF)226646858 aut Innovation in Byzantine medicine the writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330) Petros Bouras-Vallianatos First edition Oxford Oxford University Press 2020 xviii, 342 pages illustrations Oxford studies in Byzantium Edition commerciale de la thèse de King's College London Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 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. Aktouarios, John Zacharias (RERO)A028413599 rero Aktouarios, John Zacharias Joannes Actuarius active 13th century-14th century Johannes Zacharias Actuarius (DE-588)100948251 gnd Geschichte 1275-1330 gnd Médecine (RERO)A021022655 rero Innovations technologiques (RERO)A021005087 rero Médecine médiévale (RERO)A021016266 rero Medizin (DE-588)4038243-6 gnd Erfindung (DE-588)4015223-6 gnd Medicine, Medieval Byzantine Empire Medicine, Medieval fast History of Medicine Empire byzantin (RERO)A009986908 rero Byzanz (DE-588)4088772-8 gnd Byzantinisches Reich (DE-588)4009256-2 gnd Thèses et écrits académiques (RERO)A021002825 rero BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 s1me rnv s2hm rnv IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH eh 84132 NELA1002003 IDSBB B583 B583 583LS IMG WZ 54 B766 NELB5832004 RERO 100 1- Bouras-Vallianatos Petros (IDREF)226646858 aut RERO 490 0- Oxford studies in Byzantium IDSBB 100 1- Bouras-Vallianatos Petros (DE-588)1153572516 Verfasser aut IDSBB 490 0- Oxford studies in Byzantium VAUD 100 1- Bouras-Vallianatos Petros aut VAUD 490 0- Oxford studies in Byzantium IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/007160348/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 583517676