Medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE) a sourcebook
Why and how should we study the history of medicine? -- Chronological overview of Greek and Roman medicine -- Living conditions in the ancient Mediterranean -- The cosmos and the body as a (Micro)cosm -- The art and science of medicine -- Theories of health and illness -- Diagnosis -- Case histories...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Why and how should we study the history of medicine? -- Chronological overview of Greek and Roman medicine -- Living conditions in the ancient Mediterranean -- The cosmos and the body as a (Micro)cosm -- The art and science of medicine -- Theories of health and illness -- Diagnosis -- Case histories -- Common complaints -- Common treatments and therapeutics -- Physicians -- Patients -- Ethics and professional conduct -- Life stages -- Healing places and spaces. "This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence. Introductory chapters and accompanying commentary provide substantial context, making the sourcebook accessible to readers at all levels. Readers will come away with a broad sense of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 432 Seiten Illustrationen, 1 Karte |
| ISBN: | 9780520299702 978-0-520-29970-2 9780520299726 978-0-520-29972-6 |