'Greek' and 'Roman' in Latin medical texts : studies in cultural change and exchange in ancient medicine /
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Latin medical texts transmit medical theories and practices that originated mainly in Greece. This interaction took place through juxtaposition, assimilation and transformation of ideas. 'Greek' and 'Roman' in Latin Medical Texts studies the ways in which this cultural interaction influenced the development of the medical profession and the growth of knowledge of human and animal bodies, and especially how it provided the foundations for innovations in the areas of anatomy, pathology and pharmacology, from the earliest Latin medical texts until well into the medieval world.
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1 online resource (pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004273863 :
0925-1421 ; :
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Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece /
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Hippocratic Recipes is the first extended study of the pharmacological recipes included in the Hippocratic Corpus. The recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, are here examined both from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. Drawing on studies in the fields of classics, social history of medicine, and anthropology, this book offers new insights into the production and use of pharmacological knowledge in the classical world. In particular, it assesses the deep interactions between oral and written traditions in the transmission of this knowledge. Recipes are addressed as texts, but the existence of 'missing links' in the written tradition are acknowledged.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and indexes. :
9789047424864 :
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