Ancient medicine : from Mesopotamia to Rome / Laura M. Zucconi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zucconi, Laura M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Religious aspects--History.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019.

Summary:

This book by Laura Zucconi is an accessible introductory text to the practice and theory of medicine in the ancient world. In contrast to other works that focus heavily on Greece and Rome, Zucconi's Ancient Medicine covers a broader geographical and chronological range. The world of medicine in antiquity consisted of a lot more than Hippocrates and Galen. Zucconi applies historical and anthropological methods to examine the medical cultures of not only Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome but also the Levant, the Anatolian Peninsula, and the Iranian Plateau. Devoting special attention to the fundamental relationship between medicine and theology, Zucconi's one-volume introduction brings the physicians, patients, procedures, medicines, and ideas of the past to light.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-397) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4674-5752-3

OCLC:

1150262228