Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt /
Current questions on 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 w...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
سلاسل:
Studies in Ancient Medicine
41.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Login to view Source
الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: R137 .L36 2013
| الملخص: | Current questions on 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. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ردمك: | 9789004235519 |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |