Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : healing and the vernacular -- Galen's shadow: an outline of medieval medicine and healing -- The material shape of thought and word -- Metaphor, catharsis, pharmakon : words, stones, and herbs -- Vernacular science, vernacular poetry : dangerous reading -- Gendered healing : metaphor and practice -- The disease called "touch me not" : a fifteenth-century medical manuscript read in context -- Early modern medicine : self-help and state authority -- Conclusion : the subject of healing.
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