Dreams, Healing, and Medicine in Greece: From Antiquity to the Present

ISBN-13: 9780367601652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 360 str.

Steven M. Oberhelman

Opis

This volume centers on dreams in Greek medicine from the fifth-century B.C.E. Hippocratic Regimen down to the modern era. Medicine is here defined in a wider sense than just formal medical praxis, and includes non-formal medical healing methods such as folk pharmacopeia, religion, ’magical’ methods (e.g., amulets, exorcisms, and spells), and home r

Recenzje

'... Oberhelman succeeded to produce a diachronic collection of articles that offer an overall view of the role dreams played in Greek medicine and their future impact in Byzantine and post-Byzantine Greek thought. The book is elegant and carefully edited.' Bulletin of the History of Medicine '... this volume does successfully what a collection of essays should do: offer a comprehensive coverage of the topic, with different sources, media and perspectives.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Dreams, Healing, and Medicine in Greece

O autorze

Steven M. Oberhelman is Professor of Greek and Latin and Faculty Cornerstone Fellow of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, USA.