The comparable body : analogy and metaphor in ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman medicine /

The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine explores how analogy and metaphor illuminate and shape conceptions about the human body and disease, through 11 case studies from ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman medicine. Topics ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wee, John Z. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Colección:Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 49.
Temas:
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Medicine, Egyptian.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Médecine assyro-babylonienne.
Médecine égyptienne.
Médecine grecque et romaine.
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Sumario:The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine explores how analogy and metaphor illuminate and shape conceptions about the human body and disease, through 11 case studies from ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman medicine. Topics address the role of analogy and metaphor as features of medical culture and theory, while questioning their naturalness and inevitability, their limits, their situation between the descriptive and the prescriptive, and complexities in their portrayal as a mutually intelligible medium for communication and consensus among users.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 437 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004356771
9004356770

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