Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of Abbreviations x
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Old English Medical Corpus 29
8. 2 The Latin Herbal and the Compilation and Transmission of Medical Texts 57
9. 3 Receptaria 87
10. 4 Galen, Pseudo-Galen and the Pre-Gariopontean Ensemble 108
11. 5 The Fortunes of Oribasius 138
12. 6 Alexander Trallianus 160
13. 7 The Tereoperica and the Peri didaxeon 180
14. Conclusion 196
15. Appendix 1: Source Conspectus of Bald’s Leechbook 200
16. Appendix 2: Compilation from Multiple Sources 211
17. Appendix 3: Galen in Old English 228
18. Appendix 4: The Latin Alexander in Old English 238
19. Appendix 5: Illustrative Contents of Medical Manuscripts 246
20. Bibliography 271
21. Index 283
22. Health and Healing in the Middle Ages 290