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- catalog abstract ""The book takes a broad view, exploring the place of medicine in ancient society on many different levels. There is a particular focus on the life and work of doctors - the diseases they faced, how they obtained their knowledge, and their relationship with local communities. Vivian Nutton also investigates the connections between medicine and the religious beliefs of Antiquity, asking if there were fixed boundaries between medicine and magic. Finally, he examines different approaches to medicine across the ancient world, from the great cities such as Roman to countries such as Egypt or Roman Britain." "Many of the texts cited are here made accessible for the first time, as they have previously only been available in medieval translations into Arabic. The book does not just provide new evidence to back up the standard arguments; it also argues for a change of perspective. By refusing to take Hippocratic medicine as the universal standard of ancient medical practice, greater emphasis is given to the alternatives, and Galen of Pergamum, the great Hippocratic physician, is set in a new historical context." "The result of a lifetime's research, this comprehensive volume is essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of medicine."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13228078.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Many of the texts cited are here made accessible for the first time, as they have previously only been available in medieval translations into Arabic. The book does not just provide new evidence to back up the standard arguments; it also argues for a change of perspective. By refusing to take Hippocratic medicine as the universal standard of ancient medical practice, greater emphasis is given to the alternatives, and Galen of Pergamum, the great Hippocratic physician, is set in a new historical context." "The result of a lifetime's research, this comprehensive volume is essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of medicine."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The book takes a broad view, exploring the place of medicine in ancient society on many different levels. There is a particular focus on the life and work of doctors - the diseases they faced, how they obtained their knowledge, and their relationship with local communities. Vivian Nutton also investigates the connections between medicine and the religious beliefs of Antiquity, asking if there were fixed boundaries between medicine and magic. Finally, he examines different approaches to medicine across the ancient world, from the great cities such as Roman to countries such as Egypt or Roman Britain."".
- catalog description "Includes bibiographical notes and bibliography (p. 317-464) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Sources and Scope -- Patterns of disease -- Before Hippocrates -- Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Corpus, and the defining of medicine -- Hippocratic theories -- Hippocratic practices -- Religion and medicine in fifth- and fourth-century Greece -- From Plato to Praxagoras -- Alexandria, anatomy, and experimentation -- Hellenistic medicine -- Rome and the transplantation of Greek medicine -- The Consequences of Empire: pharmacology, surgery and the Roman Army -- The rise of Methodism -- Humoral alternatives -- The life and career of Galen -- Galenic medicine -- All sorts and conditions of (mainly) men -- Medicine and the Religions of the Roman Empire -- Medicine in the later Roman Empire.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 486 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415086116 (Hardback : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Sciences of antiquity.".
- catalog isPartOf "Series of antiquity".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "2004 G-259".
- catalog subject "610/.93 22".
- catalog subject "History, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Physicians History.".
- catalog subject "R135 .N88 2004".
- catalog subject "WZ 51 N988a 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sources and Scope -- Patterns of disease -- Before Hippocrates -- Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Corpus, and the defining of medicine -- Hippocratic theories -- Hippocratic practices -- Religion and medicine in fifth- and fourth-century Greece -- From Plato to Praxagoras -- Alexandria, anatomy, and experimentation -- Hellenistic medicine -- Rome and the transplantation of Greek medicine -- The Consequences of Empire: pharmacology, surgery and the Roman Army -- The rise of Methodism -- Humoral alternatives -- The life and career of Galen -- Galenic medicine -- All sorts and conditions of (mainly) men -- Medicine and the Religions of the Roman Empire -- Medicine in the later Roman Empire.".
- catalog title "Ancient medicine / Vivian Nutton.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".