Editorial: Bloomsbury
Colección: The Cultural Histories Series
Número de páginas: 288 págs. 16.0 x 24.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 09-02-2023
EAN: 9781472569936
ISBN: 978-1-4725-6993-6
Precio (sin IVA): 100,29 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 104,30 €
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. 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.