Western medical thought from antiquity to the Middle Ages /

First appearing in 1993 as Storia del pensiero medico occidentale: antichita e medioevo, this book is a compilation of 12 monographs on classical and medieval medicine by 12 experts. Grmek's editing and especially Shugaar's translation provide the English-speaking reader with the best in-depth coverage of this field yet provided. Unlike other joint efforts that sometimes lack unity of theme or depth of knowledge, these essays can be read individually to introduce or brush up on a topic, or they can be read as a whole. The scope is wider and the treatment deeper than Nancy G. Siraisi's Medieval & Early Renaissance Medicine (CH, Feb'91); they are complementary, not competitive. An excellent bibliography adds to its value. Subsequent volumes in this series--and their translations--have a high standard to meet. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through professionals. T. P. Gariepy Stonehill College