{"product_id":"henry-daniel-and-the-rise-sarah-star-9781487529536","title":"Henry Daniel and the Rise of Middle English Medical Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Daniel, fourteenth-century medical writer, Dominican friar, and contemporary of Chaucer, is one of the most neglected figures to whom we can attribute a substantial body of extant works in Middle English. His \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum\u003c\/i\u003e, the earliest known medical text in Middle English, synthesizes authoritative traditions into a new diagnostic encyclopedia characterized by its stylistic verve and intellectual scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on expertise from a range of scholars, this volume examines Daniel's capacious works and demonstrates their significance to many scholarly conversations, including the history of late medieval medicine. It explains the background for Daniel's uroscopic and herbal work, describes all known versions of the \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum \u003c\/i\u003eand traces revisions over time, analyses Daniel's representations of his own medical practice, and demonstrates his influence on later medical and literary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a companion to the recently published reading edition of the \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum \u003c\/i\u003eand a work of original scholarship in its own right, this collection \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epromotes a wider understanding of Daniel's texts and prompts new discoveries about their importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487529538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487529536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Sarah Star","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094211514623,"sku":"9781487529536","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af136f62-ebf0-47ae-bd53-44fadaeca67f.jpg?v=1724844008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/henry-daniel-and-the-rise-sarah-star-9781487529536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}