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Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : explorations
- Title
- Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : explorations / edited by W.V. Harris.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Additional Authors
- Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
- Description
- xv, 319 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- The history of healthcare in the classical world suffers from notable neglect in one crucial area. While scholars have intensively studied both the rationalistic medicine that is conveyed in the canonical texts and also the 'temple medicine' of Asclepius and other gods, they have largely neglected to study popular medicine in a systematic fashion. This volume, which for the most part is the fruit of a conference held at Columbia University in 2014, aims to help correct this imbalance. Using the full range of available evidence - archaeological, epigraphical and papyrological, as well as the literary texts - the international cast of contributors hopes to show what real people in Antiquity actually did when they tried to avert illness or cure it.
- Series Statement
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition, 0166-1302 ; volume 42
- Uniform Title
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 42.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Congresses.
- Note
- Based on a conference held at Columbia University, New York, April 18-19, 2014.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-13435
- ISBN
- 9789004325586 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004325581 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9789004326040 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2016032410
- OCLC
- 951955841
- Title
- Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : explorations / edited by W.V. Harris.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition, 0166-1302 ; volume 42Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 42.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.
- Added Author
- Harris, William V. (William Vernon), editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-13435