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Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : explorations / edited by W.V. Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 42.
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition, 0166-1302 ; volume 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Greek and Roman--Congresses.
- Medicine, Greek and Roman.
- Medicine, Ancient--Congresses.
- Medicine, Ancient.
- Medicine, Popular--Congresses.
- Medicine, Popular.
- Public health--Rome--Congresses.
- Public health.
- Public health--Greece--Congresses.
- Greece.
- Rome (Empire).
- History of Medicine.
- Medical Subjects:
- History of Medicine.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1 Popular Medicine in the Classical World / W.V. Harris Harris, W.V. 1
- 2 Phannakopolai: A Re-Evaluation of the Sources / Laurence M.V. Totelin Totelin, Laurence M.V. 65
- 3 Asclepius: A Divine Doctor, A Popular Healer / Olympia Panagiotidou Panagiotidou, Olympia 86
- 4 Anatomical Votives: Popular Medicine in Republican Italy? / Rebecca Flemming Flemming, Rebecca 105
- 5 Between Public Health and Popular Medicine: Senatorial and Popular Responses to Epidemic Disease in the Roman Republic / Caroline Wazer Wazer, Caroline 126
- 6 Metals in Medicine: From Telephus to Galen / Julia Laskaris Laskaris, Julia 147
- 7 Crossing the Borders Between Egyptian and Greek Medical Practice / Isabella Andorlini Andorlini, Isabella 161
- 8 Representations of the Physician in Jewish Literature from Hellenistic and Roman Times / Catherine Hezser Hezser, Catherine 173
- 9 Fear, Hope and the Definition of Hippocratic Medicine / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 198
- 10 Medical Care in the Roman Army during the High Empire / Ido Israelowlch Israelowlch, Ido 215
- 11 How Popular Were the Medical Sects? / David Leith Leith, David 231
- 13 Popular Medicines and Practices in Galen / Danielle Gourevitch Gourevitch, Danielle 251
- 13 Folk Medicine in the Galenic Corpus / Vivian Nutton Nutton, Vivian 272.
- Notes:
- Based on a conference held at Columbia University, New York, April 18-19, 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity
- ISBN:
- 9789004325586
- 9004325581
- OCLC:
- 951955841
- Online:
- Detailed description
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