Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 27) - Hardcover

 
9789004136663: Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 27)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004136665 ISBN 13: 9789004136663
Publisher: Brill, 2004

Synopsis

For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of "rationality" or "irrationality" in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.

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About the Author

H.F.J. (Manfred) Horstmanshoff is associate professor of Ancient History at the Universiteit Leiden. He published on Greek, Roman and Early Modern medicine.
M. Stol is professor of Assyriology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He published on Babylonian medicine and the social history of the Old Babylonian period.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004136665
ISBN 13 
9789004136663
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
424
Editor
Horstmanshoff Manfred, Stol Marten