Medicine in Homer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altschuler, Eric Lewin.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chantilly : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2025.

Summary:

Medicine in Homer explores injuries in the great epic poems of Homer from the perspective of contemporary medical professionals.This foundational text describes injuries included in both Odyssey and The Iliad, drawing on connections to neurology, toxicology, and genetics in ancient Greek times.

Contents:

Front Cover

Medicine in Homer

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

1 Introduction, synopsis of chapters, and the Homeric question

References

2 Homer and orthopedics

3 Physicians and other medical personnel in Homer's epics

4 Thersites' cleidocranial dysostosis and the story of the Iliad and Odyssey

5 Which translation of Homer should I use?

2 Trauma in homer

6 A trauma registry of Homer's Iliad

Introduction

Methods

Results-trauma registry

Discussion

Conclusions

7 A trauma registry of Homer's Odyssey

Results

8 Trauma medicine in Homer

Treatment of injured warriors with rest

Nonsurgical treatment of traumas

Surgical interventions

Healthcare structures in the Trojan War

Paramedics

Triage

Nursing

Healthcare providers and trauma management

9 Upper extremity injuries in Homer

Note 1

Note 2

Note 3

10 Thoracic trauma in Homer

11 Abdominal trauma in Homer

Note

12 Lower extremity injuries in Homer

Note 4

13 Cranio-maxillofacial injuries in Homer

Here is the description of Thoön's injury (Book 13, lines 545-549):

14 Trauma in Homer: a classicist's analysis and perspective

3 Neurology, toxicology, infectious disease and genetics in homer

15 Neurotrauma and other neurology in Homer

First description of a brachial plexus injury

Elpenor syndrome

Decerebrate positioning

References.

16 A case of antisocial personality disorder in Homer

17 Homer's pharmacology, toxicology, and epidemics through the lens of current scientific evidence

Homeric epics and the power of allegory

Homer's pharmacology and toxicology

Circe and behavior-altering drugs

The nature of Circe's drugs

The antidote "moly" identified as Galanthus nivalis (snowdrop)

Theophrastus and Dioscorides on the Homeric "moly"

The natural habitat of Galanthus is similar to that of the Homeric "moly"

Leucojum and Galanthus through the centuries

Alternative interpretations

Helen's drug healing sorrow and passion

The arrow poison

The epidemic in the Iliad

Yersinia pestis or other bacterial pathogens

Viral pathogens

Perspectives

18 An eight-generation genealogy of Homer's Trojans

4 Further perspectives on medicine in homer

19 Can Homer's language and some mathematics help us to put a date on the Iliad?

Cognate words and rates of lexical change

A date for the Homeric epics

20 Analyzing the social networks of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

Most central characters

21 Did Homer write both the Iliad and the Odyssey?

22 Posttraumatic stress disorder in Homer: a female veteran's perspective

23 War and medicine in Homer: a combat veteran's perspective

Materials for weapons

Supplies carried on ships to maintain the troops

Here are military terms used in the Iliad

24 Conclusion and future studies

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-443-32979-6

OCLC:

1528760748