Mental illness in ancient medicine from Celsus to Paul of Aegina / edited by Chiara Thumiger and P. N. Singer.
| Other author | Thumiger, Chiara. |
| Other author | Singer, P. N. (Peter N.), 1962- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] |
| Description | xv, 479 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; volume 50 Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 50. 0925-1421 ^A994073 |
| Contents | Between insanity and wisdom : perceptions of melancholy in the ps. - Hippocratic letters / George Kazantzidis -- "Not a daimon, but a severe illness" : Oribasius, Posidonius and later ancient perspectives on superhuman agents causing disease / Nadine Metzger -- Athenaeus of Attalia on the psychological causes of bodily health / Sean Coughlin -- Archigenes of Apamea's treatment of mental diseases / Orly Lewis -- Mental perceptions and pathology in the work of Rufus of Ephesus / Melinda Letts -- Mental disorders and psychological suffering in Galen's Cases / Julien Devinant -- Galen on memory, forgetting and memory loss / Ricardo Juliao -- Stomachikon, hydrophobia and other eating disturbances : volition and taste in late-antique medical discussions / Chiara Thumiger -- "A most acute, disgusting and indecent disease" : satyriasis and sexual disorders in ancient medicine / Chiara Thumiger -- Mental derangement in methodist nosography : what Caelius Aurelianus had to say / Anna Maria Urso -- Mental illnesses in the medical compilations of late antiquity : the case of Aetius of Amida / Ricarda Gabel -- Making the distinction : the stoic view of mental illness / Marke Ahonen -- Philosophical psychological therapy : did it have any impact on medical practice? / Christopher Gill -- Galen's pathological soul : diagnosis and therapy in ethical and medical texts and contexts / P. N. Singer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-449) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017057527 |
| ISBN | 9789004362727 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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