Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Money and Barter (pp. 1-2)
Chapter 2. Nuremberg Medical Resources (pp. 3-6)
Chapter 3. Writing Styles of Folz and Sachs (pp. 7-8)
Chapter 4. Biography of Folz (pp. 9-10)
Chapter 5. Biography of Sachs and His Two Wives (pp. 11-22)
Chapter 6. History of Meistergesang and Shrovetide Plays (pp. 23-24)
Chapter 7. Sachs: Self Identification (pp. 25-26)
Chapter 8. Literary Sources (pp. 27-30)
Chapter 9. Book of Trades (pp. 31-34)
Chapter 10. Folz: Bathing Booklet (pp. 35-38)
Chapter 11. Sachs’ Bathing Verses (pp. 39-52)
Chapter 12. Folz and Sachs: On Furnishing a Home (pp. 53-54)
Chapter 13. Folz and Sachs: Their Different Approach to Spices (pp. 55-78)
Chapter 14. Sachs: On Theriac and Musk (pp. 79-88)
Chapter 15. On the Improper Use of Words (pp. 89-98)
Chapter 16. Folz and Sachs on Quackery (pp. 99-108)
Chapter 17. The Qualities of Water, and a Dry Bath (pp. 109-124)
Chapter 18. Sachs’s Use of Pregnancy (pp. 125-132)
Chapter 19. The Status of Jews and a Dramatic Depiction by Sachs (pp. 133-146)
Chapter 20. Folz and Sachs on Plague (pp. 147-176)
Chapter 21. Dentistry (pp. 177-186)
Chapter 22. Medical Ethics (pp. 187-194)
Chapter 23. Uroscopy (pp. 195-196)
Chapter 24. Alcohol and Alcoholism (pp. 197-232)
Chapter 25. The Origin of Medicine According to Greek Mythology (pp. 233-136)
Chapter 26. Gout, Vices, and Medical Terms (pp. 237-296)
Chapter 27. Unusual Clinical Observations (pp. 297-312)
Chapter 28. The Hazards of Leisure (pp. 313-318)
Chapter 29. Play: Adultery and Anesthesia (pp. 319-336)
Chapter 30. Comparison of Lawyers and Physicians (pp. 337-338)
Chapter 31. The Cutting for Fools (pp. 339-350)
Chapter 32. Autobiography and Categories of Writings (pp.351-366)
Chapter 33. Sachs: Post Mortem (pp. 367-370)
Chapter 34. Chronology of Sachs’s Cited Writings (pp. 371-378)
References (pp. 379-386)
About the Author (pp. 387-388)
Index of Historical and Mythological Figures (pp. 389-390)
Index of Terms (pp. 391-392)
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