Ancient medicine / Vivian Nutton.
| Author/creator | Nutton, Vivian |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013. |
| Description | xiv, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sciences of antiquity Sciences of antiquity. ^A360728 |
| Contents | 1. Sources and scope -- 2. Patterns of disease -- 3. Before Hippocrates -- 4. Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Corpus and the defining of medicine -- 5. Hippocratic theories -- 6. Hippocratic practices -- 7. Religion and medicine in fifth- and fourth-century Greece -- 8. From Plato to Praxagoras -- 9. Alexandria, anatomy and experimentation -- 10. Hellenistic medicine -- 11. Rome and the transplantation of Greek medicine -- 12. The consequences of empire: pharmacology, surgery and the Roman army -- 13. The rise of Methodism -- 14. Humoral alternatives -- 15. The life and career of Galen -- 16. Galenic medicine -- 17. All sorts and conditions of (mainly) men -- 18. Medicine and the religions of the Roman Empire -- 19. Medicine in the Later Roman Empire -- 20. Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-468) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012020121 |
| ISBN | 9780415520959 |
| ISBN | 0415520959 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 51 N988A 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |