Poison, Medicine, and Disease in Late Medieval and Early Mode... - 9780367588267

Taylor & Francis

Poison, Medicine, and Disease in Late Medieval and Early Modern EuropeAuthor(s): Frederick W Gibbs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367588267, 978-0367588267\nSynopsis\nThis book presents a uniquely broad and pioneering history of premodern toxicology by exploring how late medieval and early modern (c. [tel] physicians discussed the relationship between poison, medicine, and disease. Drawing from a wide range of medical and natural philosophical textswith an emphasis on treatises that focused on poison, pharmacotherapeutics, plague, and the nature of diseasethis study brings to light premodern physicians' debates about the potential existence, nature, and properties of a category of substance theoretically harmful to the human body in even the smallest amount. Focusing on the category of poison (venenum) rather than on specific drugs reframes and remixes the standard histories of toxicology, pharmacology, and et.