Middle English Names of Medical Preparations

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author(s)/editor(s)
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Table of contents
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Abbreviations
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Chapter one: A review of previous research and an outline of the present study
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Earlier studies on the lexicon of Middle English
• 1.3 Purpose of the study
• 1.4 Names of medicines: classification and methods of analysis
• 1.5 Corpus texts and editorial principles
• Chapter two: Medieval English medicine and pharmacy
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Origins of medicine and pharmacy
• 2.3 Medicine in Medieval England
• 2.4 Medieval medical practitioners
• 2.4.1 Physicians
• 2.4.2 Surgeons
• 2.4.3 Apothecaries
• 2.5 Medieval English medical sources
• 2.6 Medieval English recipes
• 2.7 Products of pharmacy
• Chapter three: General terms denoting medical preparations
• 3.1 Introduction: selection and classification
• 3.2 Old English heritage
• 3.3 Middle English adoptions of Romance terms
• 3.4 Distribution of the general terms denoting medical preparations in three types of texts: remedy books, surgical texts and specialised treatises
• 3.5 Summary
• Chapter four: General terms denoting dosage forms
• 4.1 Introduction: selection and classification
• 4.2 Semisolid preparations
• 4.2.1 Ointments and salves
• 4.2.1.1 Ointment
• 4.2.1.2 Unguent, unguentum
• 4.2.1.3 Salve
• 4.2.1.4 Peripheral nouns: anointment, balm, grease, liniment, ointure, uncture, unement
• 4.2.2 Plasters and pastes
• 4.2.2.1 Plaster, emplaster, emplastrum
• 4.2.2.2 Electuary, electuarium, lectuary
• 4.2.2.3 Entrete, treat
• 4.2.2.4 Peripheral nouns: potage, pultes, paste
• 4.3 Solid preparations
• 4.3.1 Powders: powder, pulvis, pulver
• 4.3.2 Pills: ball, pellet, pill, pilule, trochisk
• 4.3.3 Suppositories: suppository, pessary
• 4.4 Liquid preparations
• 4.4.1 Drink and potion
• 4.4.2 Potage
• 4.4.3 Syrup
• 4.4.4 Decoction
• 4.4.5 Liquor
• 4.4.6 Oil
• 4.4.7 Water
• 4.5 Distribution of terms denoting dosage forms in three types of texts: remedy books, surgical texts and specialised treatises
• 4.6 Summary
• Chapter five: Terms denoting specifics
• 5.1 Introduction: selection and classification
• 5.2 Simplex terms and derivatives
• 5.2.1 Main ingredient(s)
• 5.2.2 Origin of the preparation
• 5.2.3 Parts of the body
• 5.2.4 Therapeutic methods
• 5.2.5 Properties of the preparation
• 5.2.6 Miscellaneous names
• 5.3 Compounds and phrases
• 5.3.1 Main ingredient(s)
• 5.3.2 Origin of the preparation
• 5.3.3 Parts of the body or health condition
• 5.3.4 Properties of the preparation
• 5.3.5 Miscellaneous names
• 5.4 Distribution of terms denoting specifics in three types of texts: remedy books, surgical texts and specialised treatises
• 5.5 Summary
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Index of terms
• Series index