Project Gutenberg 2020-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 267 Dupouy, Edmond 1838 1920 Minor, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalmers) 1846 1912 Minor, T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Medicine in the Middle Ages Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. Minor E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Medicine in the Middle Ages" by Edmond Dupouy is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the evolution of medical practices and beliefs during the Middle Ages, focusing on the influence of religion, the role of prominent physicians, and the impact of significant epidemics on society. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how medicine was perceived and practiced in this pivotal period of history. At the start of the work, Dupouy introduces the decline of Roman civilization in the 4th century and the subsequent rise of the Middle Ages, where medical knowledge regressed as the Church imposed its doctrines on the practice of health care. He discusses the contributions of both Greek and Arab physicians who attempted to preserve and expand medical knowledge amidst widespread superstition. The opening portion also highlights the tensions between religious beliefs and scientific inquiry, as well as the emergence of various medical schools and hospitals throughout Europe, setting the stage for the eventual revival of medicine in the later centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Medicine, Medieval R Text Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Religious Category: Health & Medicine 543433 2025-07-25T09:49:54.516691 text/html 521985 2024-10-18T08:46:43 text/html 470860 2025-07-25T09:50:01.699725 application/epub+zip 479037 2025-07-25T09:49:55.643739 application/epub+zip 265622 2025-07-25T09:49:55.062716 application/epub+zip 631698 2025-07-25T09:50:06.020661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616222 2025-07-25T09:50:01.162685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403345 2022-09-28T19:56:36.402720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479109 2025-07-25T09:49:53.624750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 459147 2024-10-18T08:46:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16704 2025-07-25T09:50:06.168659 application/rdf+xml 17328 2025-07-25T09:49:55.195712 image/jpeg 2532 2025-07-25T09:49:55.128709 image/jpeg 458055 2025-07-25T09:49:54.560729 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog