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Ancient Concepts of the Hippocratic: Papers Presented at the XIIIth International Hippocrates Colloquium, Austin, Texas, August 2008

By Lesley Dean-Jones; Ralph M. Rosen

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2015
ISBN
900430701X, 9789004307018
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2236114 bytes)
Series
Studies in ancient medicine 46
Pages
474\484
Time added
2018-07-08 14:37:56
-- ca 460-377 a C -- Congresosconferenciasetcetc;Filosofía de la medicina -- Historia -- CongrHipócrates

Description

In Ancient Concepts of the Hippocratic, Lesley Dean-Jones and Ralph Rosen have gathered 19 international authorities in ancient medicine to identify commonalities among the treatises of the Hippocratic Corpus which led scholars of antiquity to group them under the single name of Hippocrates. Most recent scholarship has drawn attention to the divergences between individual treatises and groups of treatises, emphasizing the agonistic facet of the ancient medical profession. In contrast, in this volume contributors look to find points of agreement between the writings that go beyond claims of rationality. Topics considered include ontological claims about the discipline of medicine itself, the view of the patient as a perceiving unity, theories on the function of glands and the importance of regimen.

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