A cultural history of medicine in antiquity

Author(s)

• Totelin, Laurence M. V.
• Cooter, Roger

Bibliographic Information

A cultural history of medicine in antiquity

edited by Laurence Totelin

（The cultural histories series, . A cultural history of medicine / general editor, Roger Cooter ; v. 1）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

• : hb

Note

ISBN for set: 9781472569875

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-250) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the 'medical triangle' according to one of the texts attributed to Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor. This volume, covering a period from roughly 800 BCE to 800 CE, examines and deconstructs these three aspects of ancient medicine in the Mediterranean world. It shows that, while physicians sought to assert themselves as experts in the medical art, they had to contend with numerous other healers whose methods, remedies and tools patients often favoured. It explores the ways in which civic entities, cities, kingdoms and empires, and their officials directly and indirectly shaped medical encounters and discoveries. It examines the interaction between medicine and the environment, non-human animals and plants. To attempt a cultural history of medicine in antiquity requires bringing together a wealth of sources: the texts attributed to Hippocrates, Galen and other medical authors are not neglected, but they are studied alongside other literary and historical works, letters on papyri, funerary inscriptions celebrating healers, surgical tools and bioarchaeological remains. While discussing the enduring cultural impact of classical Greek and Roman medicine in the West, through texts such as the Hippocratic Oath or names of diseases and types of medicines, this volume reveals the various ways in which health, disease and medical treatments were experienced diversely in the ancient world, according to gender, socio-economic class and ethnicity.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables General Editors' Preface, Roger Cooter Note on Ancient Medical Texts Introduction, Laurence M. V. Totelin 1 Environment Ido Israelowich 2 Food John Wilkins 3 Disease Julie Laskaris 4 Animals Chiara Thumiger 5 Objects Patty Baker 6 Experiences Rebecca Flemming 7 Mind/Brain David Leith 8 Authority Laurence M. V. Totelin Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC08827810
• ISBN:
  • 9781472569936
• LCCN: 2020051490
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 272 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R131
  • DC23 : 610.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medicine -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB27280543