Novedad bibliográfica en open acces: The Search for Wellbeing and Health between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

Edited by Javier López Rider


This book compiles a series of works on cosmetics and health care, covering different geographical areas of Europe. The studies also focus on different cultures, with some chapters dedicated to the Hebrew sphere, others to the Muslim world, and a larger percentage dealing with Christian society.



Contents
  • Foreword
  • Cosmética, salud y belleza en la medicina hebrea medieval – Meritxell Blasco Orellana
  • Obras maestras de la farmacología andalusí – Ana María Cabo-González
  • Galen’s impact: wound treatment in De compositione medicamentorum per genera and beyond – Manuela Marai
  • Trading beauty. Commerce and cosmetic recipes in medieval and early modern ages – Rafael María Girón Pascual and Javier López Rider
  • El negocio del bienestar: una cuenta de farmacia del siglo XVI – Efrén de la Peña Barroso
  • Serving the Eye, Serving the Soul: Religion and Healing in Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583) – Wenrui Zhao
  • Manducare irrationabiliter: pica o apetito irracional en los textos médicos latinos medievales – Victoria Recio Muñoz
  • Mantenersi in salute nell’Alto Medioevo: Il ruolo terapeutico dell’esercizio fisico nel Manuale medico di Paolo di Nicea – Irene Calà
  • Restaurar la salud: Recetas para enfermos y remedios en los libros de cocina mexicanos de los siglos XVIII y XIX – Susana Phelts Ramos
  • The Health of Body and Soul in the Monastic Tradition – Gabriele Archetti
  • Ricettari per la bellezza e per la cura femminile – Simona Gavinelli
  • Immagini, ricette e salute nei Tacuina sanitati – Francesca Stroppa
  • Dieta y alimentación desde el Medievo hasta la Modernidad: el caso del Castillo de Torreparedones (Baena, Córdoba) – Alejandro Beltrán Ruiz, José A. Riquelme Cantal and Juan Manuel Garrido Anguita