The art is long : on the sacred disease and the scientific tradition /

The art is long : on the sacred disease and the scientific tradition /

This volume examines the fifth-century medical treatise, On the Sacred Disease , as a sophistic speech, and considers its position within the scientific tradition. The first part concerns conceptions of science, magic, and medicine; and establishes the antiquity of medicine as a specialized skill. T...

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Main Author: Laskaris, Julie.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 25.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

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Hippocrates. > De morbo sacro.
De morbo sacro (Hippocrates)

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Call Number: R126.H6 M825 2002

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Art is Long
  • On the Sacred Disease-Summary, History and Reception
  • On the Sacred Disease-A Sophistic Protreptic Speech
  • Getting Their Goat
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index Locorum
  • Studies in Ancient Medicine.