Greek Medicine: From the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age a Source Book

ISBN-13: 9780415920872 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 256 str.

James Longrigg

Opis

A collection of source material on ancient Greek medicine from Homer to the Alexandrians, accessible to researchers, teachers, and students. Early chapters provide a chronological account, and remaining chapters deal with important topics such as diseases, pharmacology, surgery, and gynecology. Eac

Recenzje

"...Longrigg's decades of scholarly research are apparent in his commentaries and synopses, for he has mastered all the sources." -- Isis
"An important source book not only for specialists but for anyone desiring an overview of medical issues reflected in Greek medical texts and literature from Homer to the Alexandrians. The chpater divisions reflect the extant themes of the ancient medical treatises, especially those attributed to Hippocratic authors, such as physiology, regimen, surgery, gynecology and anatomy. There is a very useful glossary of terms included in an appendix. This text will be a great adjunct to readings of the Hippocratic texts." -- Religious Studies Review

O autorze

James Longrigg is Reader in Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of Greek Rational Medicine (Routledge 1993).