Cretan healer's handbook in the byzantine tradition, a: text, translation and commentary
Auteur :
Clark, Patricia Ann
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754661016
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
703 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
An English translation of a medical notebook belonging to a traditional healer from the village of Meronas in central Crete, Nikolaos Konstantinos Theodorakis. It belongs to the genre of latrosophia: practical manuals of collected healing wisdom, dating mainly from the 17th to 19th centuries.