Ancient medicine : selected papers of Ludwig Edelstein

Author(s)

• Edelstein, Ludwig
• Temkin, Owsei
• Temkin, Clarice Lilian (Shelley)

Bibliographic Information

Ancient medicine : selected papers of Ludwig Edelstein

edited by Owsei Temkin and C. Lilian Temkin ; translations from the German by C. Lilian Temkin

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987

Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed

• : pbk

Note

Originally published, 1967

Bibliographical footnotes

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A classic study of medicine in antiquity, Ancient Medicine brings together much of Ludwig Edelstein's most important work on a subject that occupied him throughout a distinguished career. Included is his widely known translation of and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath, as well as his other writings on the oath which demonstrate how atypical it is of Greek medical thought. The book also explores the influence of empiricism and skepticism on Greek and Roman medicine, the practice of anatomy and dietetics in antiquity, and the relation of ancient medicine to ancient philosophy.

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Details

• NCID: BA03402208
• ISBN:
  • 0801834910
• LCCN: 67012425
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 456 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R135
  • DC : 610/.9/01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medicine, Ancient -- Collected works