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Hildegard of Bingen : on natural philosophy and medicine : selections from Cause et cure / translated from latin with introduction, notes and interpretive essay, Margret Berger.

Title
Hildegard of Bingen : on natural philosophy and medicine : selections from Cause et cure / translated from latin with introduction, notes and interpretive essay, Margret Berger.
Author
Berger, Margret, 1933-
Publication
Cambridge ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, 1999.

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Additional Authors
Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.
Description
xvii, 166 p.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Library of medieval women, 1369-9652
Uniform Title
Library of medieval women.
Alternative Title
On natural philosophy and medicine
Subject
  • Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179
  • Hildegard
  • Medicine
  • Medicine, Medieval
  • Philosophy
  • Religion and Medicine
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-163) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Translations from Beate Hildegardis cause et cure (Blessed Hildegard's Cause et cure) -- 1. The creation of the world. The cosmos and its components. Macrocosm and microcosm -- 2. Elements and humors -- 3. Adam -- 4. Embryology -- 5. Human sexuality -- 6. Complexion and aptitude. Complexional differences -- 7. Sleep and dreams. Waking -- 8. Disorders and diseases -- 9. Menstruation. Conception and pregnancy. Childbirth and infancy -- 10. Regimen of health -- 11. Bloodletting -- 12. Bathing -- 13. Nutritional disorders. Digestive system disorders. Disorders of the skin. Fevers -- 14. Treatment -- 15. Diagnostic and prognostic signs -- 16. Lunar prognostication -- Interpretive Essay.
ISBN
0859915514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^99019615^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library