Medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE) : a sourcebook
Kristi Upson-Saia
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
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| Omfang | xi, 432 sider : illustrasjoner, figurer, kart
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| Opplysninger | Approaching the history of medicine -- Greek and Roman medicine: a chronological overview -- 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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| Emner | Medicine, Greek and Roman
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| ISBN | 9780520299702. - 9780520299726
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