Words, stones, & herbs: the healing word in medieval and early modern England

Introduction : healing and the vernacular

Galen's shadow: an outline of medieval medicine and healing

The material shape of thought and word

Metaphor, catharsis, pharmakon : words, stones, and herbs

Vernacular science, vernacular poetry : dangerous reading

Gendered healing : metaphor and practice

The disease called "touch me not" : a fifteenth-century medical manuscript read in context

Early modern medicine : self-help and state authority

Conclusion : the subject of healing.