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Author Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros, author.

Title Innovation in Byzantine medicine : the writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330) / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) : color illustrations
Series Oxford studies in Byzantium
Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Summary Byzantine medicine is the biggest unknown quantity in both the study of medieval medicine and science and in Byzantine studies. This volume aims to redress this gap by presenting a comprehensive examination of the medical corpus of John Zacharias Aktouarios, arguably the most important Late Byzantine physician
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-320) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2020)
Subject Medicine, Medieval.
Medicine, Medieval -- Byzantine Empire
Medicine -- History.
History of Medicine
History, Medieval
history of medicine.
Medicine, Medieval.
Byzantine Empire.
Form Electronic book
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