Hildegard von Bingen's Physica
The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
$57.47
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
9 January 1998
Summary
One of two major medical treatises by medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen, presented in its entirety for the first time in English during the 900th anniversary of her birth.
- A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine
- Presents nine categories of healing systems–Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals–and elaborates on their medicinal use
- Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892816613 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0892816619 |
| Author: | Priscilla Throop |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Healing Arts Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A work filled with astonishments and delights for present-day readers.” * Lee Pennock Huntington, Montpelier Times Argus *
“Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in medicine. She was renowned for her healing work and her original theories of medicine.” * Elisbeth Brooke, in Women Healers *
“Gives a good sense of 12th century herbalism based on humors, common superstition, and sprinkled with a dose of Bingen’s mystical insights.” * American Herb Association, Vol 16:2 *
Priscilla Throop
A Latin and Greek scholar, Priscilla Throop holds a master’s degree from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, as well as a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. She is a member of the Vermont Classical Language Association and is currently translating Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae. She lives in Charlotte, Vermont.
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