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Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Title
- Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt / by Philippa Lang.
- Author
- Lang, Philippa, 1974-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Current questions over whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies' Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.
- Series Statement
- Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41
- Uniform Title
- Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41.
- Subjects
- Medical logic > History
- Physicians > Egypt > History
- History of Medicine > Egypt
- History, Ancient > Egypt
- Human body > Egypt
- Greek World > Egypt
- Health Personnel > Egypt > history
- Medicine, Greek and Roman
- Medicine, Egyptian
- Medicine, Ancient
- Religion and Medicine > Egypt
- Medicine > Egypt > Alexandria > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-80
- ISBN
- 9789004218581 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004218580 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9789004235519 (e-book)
- 9004235515 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2012026425
- OCLC
- 785504462
- Author
- Lang, Philippa, 1974-
- Title
- Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt / by Philippa Lang.
- Imprint
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-80