Homo patiens : approaches to the patient in the ancient world / edited by Georgia Petridou and Chiara Thumiger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petridou, Georgia, editor.

Thumiger, Chiara, editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 45.

Studies in ancient medicine ; volume 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physician and patient--History.

Physician and patient.

Medicine, Ancient.

Medical ethics--History.

Medical ethics.

History.

Patients--history.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Ethics, Medical--history.

History, Ancient.

Greek World.

Roman World.

Medical Subjects:

Patients--history.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Ethics, Medical--history.

History, Ancient.

Greek World.

Roman World.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 548 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

Homo Patiens - Approaches to the Patient in the Ancient World is a book about the patients of the Graeco-Roman world, their role in the ancient medical encounters and their relationship to the health providers and medical practitioners of their time. This volume makes a strong claim for the relevance of a patient-centred approach to the history of ancient medicine. Attention to the experience of patients deepens our understanding of ancient societies and their medical markets, and enriches our knowledge of the history of indent cultures. It is a first step towards shaping a history of the ancient patient's view, which will be of use not only to ancient historians, students of medical humanities, and historians of medicine, but also to any reader interested in medical ethics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Medical Authority and Patient Perspectives

1 "This I Suffered in the Short Space of my Life". The Epitaph for Lucius Minicius Anthimianus (CIG 3372; Peek GV 1166) / Lutz A. Graumann Graumann, Lutz A., Manfred Horstmanshoff Horstmanshoff, Manfred 23

2 Questioning the Patient, Questioning Hippocrates: Rufus of Ephesus and the Pursuit of Knowledge / Melinda Letts Letts, Melinda 81

Part 2 Case Histories in the Hippocratic Corpus

3 Patient Function and Physician Function in the Hippocratic Cases / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 107

4 Case History as Minority Report in the Hippocratic Epidemics 1 / John Z. Wee Wee, John Z. 138

5 Voice Pathologies and the 'Hippocratic Triangle' / Colin Webster Webster, Colin 166

Part 3 Patients and Psychological Illness

6 Galen's Anxious Patients: Lype as Anxiety Disorder / Susan P. Mattern Mattern, Susan P. 203

7 Experiencing Madness: Mental Patients in Medieval Arabo-Islamic Medicine / Pauline Koetschet Koetschet, Pauline 224

Part 4 Emotional Aspects of the Patient-Physician Relationship

8 Interpretations of the Healer's Touch in the Hippocratic Corpus / Jennifer Kosak Kosak, Jennifer 247

9 Patience for the Little Patient: The Infant in Soranus' Gynaecia / Lesley Bolton Bolton, Lesley 265

10 Compassion in Soranus' Gynecology and Caelius Aurelianus' On Chronic Diseases / Amber J. Porter Porter, Amber J. 285

11 Galen on the Patient's Role in Pain Diagnosis: Sensation, Consensus, and Metaphor / Courtney Roby Roby, Courtney 304

Part 5 Material Aspects, Diagnostic Techniques and their Impact on the Patient-Physician Relationship

12 The Μισ αριον in the Praecepta: The Medical Fee and its Impact on the Patient / Giulia Ecca Ecca, Giulia 325

13 The Practical Application of Ancient Pulse-Lore and its Influence on the Patient-Doctor Interaction / Orly Lewis Lewis, Orly 345

14 Images of Doctors and their Implements: A Visual Dialogue between the Patient and the Doctor / Patricia A. Baker Baker, Patricia A. 365

15 Case Histories in Late Byzantium: Reading the Patient in John Zacharias Aktouarios' On Urines / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros 390

Part 6 The Informed Patient: Self-Healing and the Patient as Physician

16 Treatment of the Man: Galen's Preventive Medicine in the De Sanitate Tuenda / John M. Wilkins Wilkins, John M. 413

17 Literary and Documentary Evidence for Lay Medical Practice in the Roman Republic and Empire / Jane Draycott Draycott, Jane 432

18 Aelius Aristides as Informed Patient and Physician / Georgia Petridou Petridou, Georgia 451

19 "It may not cure you, it may not save your life, but it will help you" / Katherine D. van Schaik Schaik, Katherine D. van 471

20 Epilogue: Approaches to the History of Patients: From the Ancient World to Early Modern Europe / Michael Stolberg Stolberg, Michael 497.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789004305557

9004305556

OCLC:

926623417

Publisher Number:

99966733819