Doctoring the Black Death: Medieval Europe's Medical Response to Plague

by John Aberth

Book Overview

This engrossing book provides a comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death. John Aberth has translated plague treatises that illustrate the human dimensions of the horrific scourge, including doctors' personal anecdotes as they desperately struggled to understand a deadly new disease.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742557235
• ISBN13: 9780742557239
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"