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Medieval Medicus: A Social History of Anglo-Norman Medicine
by Edward J. Kealey
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1981, 211pp, HC.
[England 12C]

Chapters
1. Miracles, Marvels, and Monarchs
2. Anglo-Norman Practitioners: A Composite Portrait
3. Henrican Court Physicans
4. The Rise of Institutional Care
5. Early Hospital Regulations
6. Diagnosis

Illustrations
• The Anglo-Norman Kings
• The physical and physiological fours
• Naturalism in scientific art
• The caladrius predicts recovery
• Early cauterization
• Surger in Durham
• Abbot Faritius
• Grimbald medicus as sketched by John of Worcestor
• Walter, prior of Saint John's Hospital
• The hospital of Saint Mary Magdalene, Goucester
• The hospital of Saint Mary Magdalene, Cambridge