Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco Roman Medicine

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Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine

Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 423
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ISBN-10 : 9789047414315
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Download or read book Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine written by Manfred Horstmanshoff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of "rationality" or "irrationality" in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.


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