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Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine)

By H. F. J. Horstmanshoff , Marten Stol , C. R. Van Tilburg

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2004
ISBN
9004136665, 9789004136663
Google Books ID
p6rejN-iF0IC
Open Library ID
OL12798867M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28734368 bytes)
Series
Studies in Ancient Medicine 27
Pages
424\425
DPI
300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of rationality or irrationality in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.

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