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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Magic & Superstition in Medicine

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1509Medicinae Pliniae libri quinque finiunt foeliciter.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius [Pliny the Elder] (23 – 79) PSEUDO-PLINY ( – 350)
1511Libellus de lapidibus preciosis nuper editus.
MARBODIUS OF RENNES, [Marbodus, Marbode] (1035 – 1123)
1536De medicamentis empiricis physicis ac rationalibus liber.... Edited by Janus Cornarius. Item Claudii Galeni libri novem nunc primum Latini facti.... Jani Cornarii.
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) MARCELLUS EMPIRICUS, (Marcellus Burdigalensis) (375 – 425)
CORNARIUS, Janus (1500 – 1558)
CORNARIUS, Janus (1500 – 1558)
1673Nova medicina spirituum: Curiosa scientia & doctrina, unanimiter hucusque neglecta, & à nemine meritò exculta, medicis tamen & physicis utilissima. In quâ Primo Spirituum naturalis constitutio, vita, sanitas temperamenta, ingenia, calidum innatum, phantasiae vires, ideae, astrorum influentiae, μετεμψύχωσις, rerum magnetissimi, sympatiae & antipatiae, qualitates hactenus occultae, aliaq; caeteroquin abstrusa & paradoxa; Dehinc spirituum praeternaturalis seu morbosa Dispositio, causae, curationes per naturam, per diaetam, per arcana majora, palingenesiam, magnetissimum seu sympatheismum, transplantationes, amuleta, ingenuè & dilucidè demonstrantur.
WIRDIG, Sebastian (1613 – 1687)
1790Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal. To which are now first added upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind. To which are annexed rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature, forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic. Beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different plants, and a set of anatomical figures....
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616 – 1654)
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616 – 1654)
SIBLY, Ebenezer (1751 – 1799)
SIBLY, Ebenezer (1751 – 1799)
1844On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery.
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
1864​–1866Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman Conquest. Collected and edited by Oswald Cockayne. 3 vols.
COCKAYNE, Thomas Oswald (1807 – 1873)
1871Primitive culture: Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. 2 vols.
TYLOR, Sir Edward Burnett (1832 – 1917)
TYLOR, Sir Edward Burnett (1832 – 1917)
1889The folk-lore of plants.
THISELTON-DYER, Thomas Firminger (1848 – 1923)
1903Der Aberglauben in der Medicin.
MAGNUS, Hugo Friedrich (1842 – 1907)
1908​–1909Vergleichende Volksmedizin. Eine Darstellung volksmedizinischer Sitten und Gebräuche, Anschauungen und Heilfaktoren, des Aberglaubens und der Zaubermedizin. 2 vols.
HOVORKA, Oscar von (1866 – 1930) KRONFELD, Adolf (1861 – 1909)
1911The king’s evil.
CRAWFURD, Sir Raymond Henry Payne (1865 – 1938)
1914Astrology in medicine.
MERCIER, Charles Arthur (1852 – 1919)
MERCIER, Charles Arthur (1852 – 1919)
1920Early English magic and medicine.
SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)
SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)
1922Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.
SELIGMANN, Siegfried (1870 – 1926)
1923​–1958A history of magic and experimental science. 8 vols.
THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965)
THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965)
1924Medicine, magic and religion. [Edited] with a preface by G. Elliot Smith.
SMITH, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871 – 1937)
SMITH, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871 – 1937) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)
1927Die magischen Heil- und Schutzmittel aus der unbelebten Natur.
SELIGMANN, Siegfried (1870 – 1926)
1927Amulette und Talismane und andere geheime Dingen.
VILLIERS, Elizabeth
1930Amulets and superstitions: the original texts with translations and descriptions.
BUDGE, Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1857 – 1934)
1934Medicine and mysticism.
MOON, Robert Oswald (1865 – 1953)
1937Médecine traditionnelle de l'Inde: La magie noire.
MARIADASSOU, Paramananda
1947Magic and healing.
THOMPSON, Charles John Samuel (1862 – 1943)
THOMPSON, Charles John Samuel (1862 – 1943)
1959Studies in magical amulets, chiefly Graeco-Egyptian.
BONNER, Campbell (1876 – 1974)
1971Magical medicine: A Nigerian case study.
MACLEAN, Una
1971Peyote: an account of the origins and growth of the Peyote religion.
MARRIOTT, Alice Lee (1910 – 1992) RACHLIN, Carol King (1919 – 2013)
1971Wizard of the Upper Amazon. The story of Manuel Córdova-Rios
CÓRDOVA-RIOS, Manuel (1887 – 1978) LAMB, Frank Bruce (1913 – 1993)
1975Medizin und Magie. Heilkunde und Geheimlehre des islamischen Zeitalters. [Medizingeschichtliche Miniaturen 1].
BRANDENBURG, Dietrich
1980Magical medicine: The folkloric component of medicine in the folk belief, custom, and ritual of the peoples of Europe and America. Seleced essays of Wayland D. Hand.
HAND, Wayland Debs (1907 – 1986)
1981Mystical Bedlam: Madness, anxiety, and healing in seventeenth-century England.
MACDONALD, Michael P.
1988Ritual healing in suburban America. By Meredith B. McGuire with the assistance of Debra Kantor.
MCGUIRE, Meredith B. (1944 – )
1988Passage of darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie.
DAVIS, Wade (1953 – )
DAVIS, Wade (1953 – )
1993Tobacco and shamanism in South America.
WILBERT, Johannes
1993Rio Tigre and beyond: The Amazon jungle medicine of Manual Cordova-Rios
CÓRDOVA-RIOS, Manuel (1887 – 1978) LAMB, Frank Bruce (1913 – 1993)
1997Magie, médecine et divination chez les Celtes.
GUYONVARC'H, Christian-Joseph (1926 – 2012)
1997Sacred leaves of Candomblé: African magic, medicine, and religion in Brazil.
VOEKS, Robert A. (1950 – )
1998Healers and healing in early modern Europe.
GENTILCORE, David (1961 – )
GENTILCORE, David (1961 – )
2000Early English charms, plant lore, and healing.
POLLINGTON, Stephen
2003Materia magica et medica Hethitica: Ein Beitrag zur Heilkunde im Alten Orient. By Volkert Haas in cooperation with Daliah Bawanypeck.
HAAS, Volkert (1936 – ) BAWANYPECK, Daliah
2004Magic and rationality in ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman medicine. Edited by Manfred Horstmanshoff and Marten Stol.
HORSTMANSHOFF, Manfred (1944 – ) STOL, Marten (1940 – )
2005Medicine and magic in Elizabethan London. Simon Forman: Astrologer, alchemist, and physician
FORMAN, Simon (1552 – 1611)
FORMAN, Simon (1552 – 1611) KASSELL, Lauren
2007Das Handbuch Muššuɔu "Einreibung". Eine Serie sumerische und akkadischer Beschwörungen aus dem 1. Jt. vor Chr.
BÖCK, Barbara Alexandra
2015Healing magic and evil demons: Canonical Udug-Hul incantations. (Die Babylonisch-assyrische Texten und Untersuchungen, Vol. 8.)
GELLER, Markham J.
2016Dreams, healing, and medicine in Greece: From antiquity to the present. Edited by Steven M. Obewrhelman.
OBERHELMAN, Steven M.
2018Médecins et magiciens á la cour du pharaon. Une étude du papyrus médical Louvre E 32847.
BARDINET, Thierry
2018Mesopotamian medicine and magic. Studies in honor of Markham J. Geller. Edited by Strahil V. Panayotov and Ludek Vacin.
GELLER, Markham J. PANAYOTOV, Strahil V. VACIN, Ludek
2018Medicine, magic and art in early modern Norway.
OHRVIK, Ane