Health and Wellness in Antiquity Through the Middle Ages

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; 1. Factors in Health and Wellness; Health and Disease in History; Health, Disease, and the Body; Disease Theory in the Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia and Egypt; Disease Theory in the Western Medical Tradition: Greece, Rome, the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe; Disease Theory in Indian Ayurvedic Medicine; Disease Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine; Health and Social Well-Being; 2. Education and Training: Learned and Non-Learned; Medical Learning in the Ancient Near East; Mesopotamia; Egypt.;Brings together material on the history of medicine in many different cultures, from antiquity through the Middle Ages Encourages a comparative study of the role of medicine in world history Highlights the special role of medicine in society and how the delivery of health care is shaped by different cultural belief systems and practices.