Table of Contents

Chronological sketch; introduction - Hildegard of Bingen, life and works, visionary writing, the cultural context; translations from "Beate Hildegardis Cause et Cure" ("Blessed Hildegard's Cause and Cure") - the creation of the world, the cosmos and its components, macrocosm and microcosm, elements and humours, Adam, embryology, human sexuality, complexion and aptitude, complexional differences, sleep and dreams, waking, disorders and diseases, menstruation, conception and pregnancy, childbirth and infancy, regimen of health, bloodletting, bathing, nutritional disorders, digestive-system disorders, disorders of the skin, fevers, treatment, diagnostic and prognostic signs, lunar prognostication; interpretive essay.