A cultural history of medicine / general editor, Roger Cooter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooger, Roger, editor.

Series:

Cultural histories series

The cultural histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

6 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the 'medical triangle' according to one of the texts attributed to Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor. This volume, covering a period from roughly 800 BCE to 800 CE, examines and deconstructs these three aspects of ancient medicine in the Mediterranean world. It shows that, while physicians sought to assert themselves as experts in the medical art, they had to contend with numerous other healers whose methods, remedies and tools patients often favoured. It explores the ways in which civic entities, cities, kingdoms and empires, and their officials directly and indirectly shaped medical encounters and discoveries. It examines the interaction between medicine and the environment, non-human animals and plants. To attempt a cultural history of medicine in antiquity requires bringing together a wealth of sources: the texts attributed to Hippocrates, Galen and other medical authors are not neglected, but they are studied alongside other literary and historical works, letters on papyri, funerary inscriptions celebrating healers, surgical tools and bioarchaeological remains. While discussing the enduring cultural impact of classical Greek and Roman medicine in the West, through texts such as the Hippocratic Oath or names of diseases and types of medicines, this volume reveals the various ways in which health, disease and medical treatments were experienced diversely in the ancient world, according to gender, socio-economic class and ethnicity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Volume 1: A cultural history of medicine in antiquity (500BCE-800CE) / edited by Laurence Totelin (Cardiff University, UK)

Volume 2: A cultural history of medicine in the Middle Ages (800-1450) / edited by Iona McCleery (University of Leeds, UK)

Volume 3: A cultural history of medicine in the Renaissance (1450-1650) / edited by Elaine Leong (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany) and Claudia Stein (University of Warwick, UK)

Volume 4: A cultural history of medicine in the age of enlightenment (1650-1800) / edited by Lisa Smith (University of Essex, UK)

Volume 5: A cultural history of medicine in the age of empire (1800-1920) / edited by Jonathan Reinarz (University of Birmingham, UK)

Volume 6: A cultural history of medicine in the modern age (1920-2000+) / edited by Todd Meyers (Wayne State University, USA).

Volume 1: A cultural history of medicine in Antiquity / edited by Laurence Totelin

volume 2: A cultural history of medicine in the Middle Ages / edited by Iona McCleery

volume 3: A cultural history of medicine in the Renaissance / edited by Elaine Leong and Claudia Stein

volume 4: A cultural history of medicine in the Enlightenment / edited by Lisa Wynne Smith

volume 5: A cultural history of medicine in the Age of Empire / edited by Johnathan Reinarz

volume 6: A cultural history of medicine in the Modern Age / edited by Todd Meyers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472569875

1472569873

9781472569936

1472569938

9781472569912

1472569911

9781472569905

1472569903

9781472569899

147256989X

9781472569882

1472569881

OCLC:

1148186616

Publisher Number:

99987550537