Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine)

Horstmanshoff, H. F. J.; Stol, Marten; Tilburg, C. R. Van

ISBN 10: 9004136665 / ISBN 13: 9789004136663

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004136665
• ISBN 13: 9789004136663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • J. Scarborough Collection

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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.

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.