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1 online resource (xv, 319 pages). |
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; volume 42
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 42.
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Based on a conference held at Columbia University, New York, April 18-19, 2014. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Notes on the Contributors; Chapter 1 Popular Medicine in the Classical World ; Chapter 2 PharmakopÅlai: A Re-Evaluation of the Sources ; Chapter 3 Asclepius: A Divine Doctor, A Popular Healer ; Chapter 4 Anatomical Votives: Popular Medicine in Republican Italy? ; Chapter 5 Between Public Health and Popular Medicine: Senatorial and Popular Responses to Epidemic Disease in the Roman Republic ; Chapter 6 Metals in Medicine: From Telephus to Galen ; Chapter 7 Crossing the Borders Between Egyptian and Greek Medical Practice. |
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Chapter 8 Representations of the Physician in Jewish Literature from Hellenistic and Roman Times Chapter 9 Fear, Hope and the Definition of Hippocratic Medicine ; Chapter 10 Medical Care in the Roman Army during the High Empire ; Chapter 11 How Popular Were the Medical Sects? ; Chapter 12 Popular Medicines and Practices in Galen ; Chapter 13 Folk Medicine in the Galenic Corpus ; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The history of healthcare in the classical world suffers from notable neglect in one crucial area. While scholars have intensively studied both the rationalistic medicine that is conveyed in the canonical texts and also the 'temple medicine' of Asclepius and other gods, they have largely neglected to study popular medicine in a systematic fashion. This volume, which for the most part is the fruit of a conference held at Columbia University in 2014, aims to help correct this imbalance. Using the full range of available evidence - archaeological, epigraphical and papyrological, as well as the literary texts - the international cast of contributors hopes to show what real people in Antiquity actually did when they tried to avert illness or cure it. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medicine, Greek and Roman -- Congresses.
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Medicine, Greek and Roman. |
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Medicine, Ancient -- Congresses.
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Medicine, Ancient. |
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Medicine, Popular -- Congresses.
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Medicine, Popular. |
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Public health -- Rome -- Congresses.
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Public health -- Greece -- Congresses.
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Public health. |
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Greece. |
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Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Harris, William V. (William Vernon), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Leiden : Brill, [2016] 9789004325586 (DLC) 2016032410 |
| ISBN |
9789004326040 (electronic book) |
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9004326049 (electronic book) |
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9789004325586 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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9004325581 |
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