Ancient Medicine
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Ancient Medicine

Vivian Nutton

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Ancient Medicine

Vivian Nutton

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About This Book

The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds, written by the foremost expert on the subject, has been updated to incorporate the many new discoveries made in the field over the past decade.

This revised volume includes discussions of several new or forgotten works by Galen and his contemporaries, as well as of new archaeological material. RNA analysis has expanded our understanding of disease in the ancient world; the book explores the consequences of this for sufferers, for example in creating disability. Nutton also expands upon the treatment of pre-Galenic medicine in Greece and Rome. In addition, subtitles and a chronology will make for easier student consultation, and the bibliography is substantially revised and updated, providing avenues for future student research.

This third edition of Ancient Medicine will remain the definitive textbook on the subject for students of medicine in the classical world, and the history of medicine and science more broadly, with much to interest scholars in the field as well.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000963892
Edition
3
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Note to the Reader
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. 1 Sources and Scope
  12. 2 Patterns of Disease
  13. 3 Before Hippocrates
  14. 4 Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Corpus and the Defining of Medicine
  15. 5 ‘Hippocratic’ Theories
  16. 6 ‘Hippocratic’ Practices
  17. 7 Religion and Medicine in Fifth- and Fourth-Century Greece
  18. 8 From Plato to Praxagoras
  19. 9 Alexandria, Anatomy and Experimentation
  20. 10 Hellenistic Medicine
  21. 11 Rome and the Transplantation of Greek Medicine
  22. 12 The Consequences of Empire: Pharmacology, Surgery and the Roman Army
  23. 13 The Rise of Methodism
  24. 14 Humoral Alternatives
  25. 15 The Life and Career of Galen
  26. 16 Galenic Medicine
  27. 17 All Sorts and Conditions of (Mainly) Men
  28. 18 Medicine and the Religions of the Roman Empire
  29. 19 Medicine in the Later Roman Empire
  30. 20 Conclusion
  31. Appendix 1 Editions and Translations of Ancient Medical Texts
  32. Appendix 2 Chronological Table
  33. Notes
  34. Bibliography
  35. Name Index
  36. Subject Index