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- Objectstaat
- ISBN-13
- 9780190610432
- Book Title
- A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities
- ISBN
- 9780190610432
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities : Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 5.8in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Width
- 8.3in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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There are few disciplines as exciting and forward-looking as medicine. Unfortunately, however, many modern practitioners have rather lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires to make good this lapse by taking readers back to the early days of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. Quoting the actual words of ancient authors, often from texts which have never been translated into English, it gives a glimpse into the beginnings of such fields as surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, preventive medicine, and pharmacology, as well as highlighting ancient views on such familiar topics as medical ethics and the role of the doctor in society. The hundreds of passages quoted from Greek and Roman authors give a vividly direct picture of the ancient medical world, a world in which, for example, a surgeon had to be strong-minded enough to ignore the screams of his patient, diseases were assumed to be sent by the gods, medicine and magic were often indistinguishable, donkeys might be brought into the sick-room to ensure a fresh supply of milk, human anatomy and microbes were equally mysterious, and no qualifications were required before setting up as a doctor.As will be evident from this list, the approach taken in the book is not an entirely serious one. Even so, despite its lighthearted approach, it does aspire, however modestly, to engage the reader in a thought provoking way about many of the issues still current in medicine nowadays.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190610433
ISBN-13
9780190610432
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222073403
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities : Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.8in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
8.3in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
R138.M394 2016
Reviews
"McKeown has translated a wide variety of ancient sources on medicine and compiled them in an accessible and affordable book, which could benefit a student of ancient medicine who is not fluent in Greek or Latin. The only comparable collection of ancient medical sources in translation is James Longrigg's more limited and significantly more sober Greek Medicine from the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age: A Source Book (1998), and it seems there is room for more such anthologies with the proliferation of university courses on the history of medicine. If used with care (by avoiding the preface and random comments), McKeown's book presents a stimulating snapshot of the many visual and written sources available to the historian of medicine." --Winston Black, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"As well organized as it is erudite, the compendium tilts toward classics enthusiasts, but there's still plenty of material to amaze an audience outside the ivory tower." --Publishers Weekly, "As well organized as it is erudite, the compendium tilts toward classics enthusiasts, but there's still plenty of material to amaze an audience outside the ivory tower." --Publishers Weekly, "McKeown has translated a wide variety of ancient sources on medicine and compiled them in an accessible and affordable book, which could benefit a student of ancient medicine who is not fluent in Greek or Latin. The only comparable collection of ancient medical sources in translation is James Longrigg's more limited and significantly more sober Greek Medicine from the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age: A Source Book (1998), and it seems there is room formore such anthologies with the proliferation of university courses on the history of medicine. If used with care (by avoiding the preface and random comments), McKeown's book presents a stimulating snapshot ofthe many visual and written sources available to the historian of medicine." --Winston Black, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"As well organized as it is erudite, the compendium tilts toward classics enthusiasts, but there's still plenty of material to amaze an audience outside the ivory tower." --Publishers Weekly, "McKeown has translated a wide variety of ancient sources on medicine and compiled them in an accessible and affordable book, which could benefit a student of ancient medicine who is not fluent in Greek or Latin. The only comparable collection of ancient medical sources in translation is James Longrigg's more limited and significantly more sober Greek Medicine from the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age: A Source Book (1998), and it seems there is room for more such anthologies with the proliferation of university courses on the history of medicine. If used with care (by avoiding the preface and random comments), McKeown's book presents a stimulating snapshot of the many visual and written sources available to the historian of medicine." --Winston Black, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "As well organized as it is erudite, the compendium tilts toward classics enthusiasts, but there's still plenty of material to amaze an audience outside the ivory tower." --Publishers Weekly, A frightening, puzzling, thoughtful, and surprisingly engrossing survey. McKeown's well-organized and erudite survey is fascinating and enlightening, though best consumed in small doses.
Table of Content
Preface CHAPTER I Medicine, Religion, and Magic CHAPTER II The Doctor in Society CHAPTER III Attitudes to Doctors CHAPTER IV Some Famous Doctors CHAPTER V Anatomy CHAPTER VI Women and Children CHAPTER VII Sex Matters CHAPTER VIII Preventive Medicine CHAPTER IX Prognosis and Diagnosis CHAPTER X Particular Ailments and Conditions CHAPTER XI Treatment and Cures I CHAPTER XII Treatment and Cures II CHAPTER XIII The Allotopic Unit CHAPTER XIV Respice Finem TIMELINE GLOSSARY ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, History
Lccn
2016-010809
Dewey Decimal
610.938
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Medical, History
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