Medical theory about the body and the soul in the Middle Ages : the first Western medical curriculum at Monte Cassino / Gerald J. Grudzen ; with a foreword by Richard W. Bulliet.

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2007], ©2007.

iii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255)and index.

Monte Cassino and philosophical medicine : historical context -- Body and soul in Galen, Neoplatinism, and Christianity : 200-550 CE -- Body and soul in St. Augustine and Nemesius of Emesa -- The Church of the East and Nestorian Christianity : bodily healing arts and medical science -- Constantine the African's Jewish and Islamic medical sources and influences -- Constantine the African's Pantegni and De spermate : philosophical medicine and monastic spirituality.