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Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : explorations /
The history of healthcare in the classical world suffers from notable neglect in one crucial area. While scholars have intensively studied both the rationalistic medicine that is conveyed in the canonical texts and also the 'temple medicine' of Asclepius and other gods, they have largely n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Columbia studies in the classical tradition ;
v. 42. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Notes on the Contributors; Chapter 1 Popular Medicine in the Classical World ; Chapter 2 Pharmakopōlai: A Re-Evaluation of the Sources ; Chapter 3 Asclepius: A Divine Doctor, A Popular Healer ; Chapter 4 Anatomical Votives: Popular Medicine in Republican Italy? ; Chapter 5 Between Public Health and Popular Medicine: Senatorial and Popular Responses to Epidemic Disease in the Roman Republic ; Chapter 6 Metals in Medicine: From Telephus to Galen ; Chapter 7 Crossing the Borders Between Egyptian and Greek Medical Practice.
- Chapter 8 Representations of the Physician in Jewish Literature from Hellenistic and Roman Times Chapter 9 Fear, Hope and the Definition of Hippocratic Medicine ; Chapter 10 Medical Care in the Roman Army during the High Empire ; Chapter 11 How Popular Were the Medical Sects? ; Chapter 12 Popular Medicines and Practices in Galen ; Chapter 13 Folk Medicine in the Galenic Corpus ; Bibliography; Index.