Medicine before the plague: practitioners and their patients in the Crown of Aragon, 1285-1345

List of tables Preface List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The medical history of a royal family 2. Medieval health manpower 3. The success of medical learning 4. A spectrum of practice 5. The response to illness and the maintenance of health 6. Patient-practitioner relationships 7. Medicine's social role Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.