Dire Remedies: A Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity:
Dire Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of ancient healthcare. Greek medicine is at the origin of modern medicine, but it was very often ineffective. What did people actually do when faced with pain and illness? Starting with a re...
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Zusammenfassung: | Dire Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of ancient healthcare. Greek medicine is at the origin of modern medicine, but it was very often ineffective. What did people actually do when faced with pain and illness? Starting with a review of ancient health conditions and a survey of what doctors had to offer, W.V. Harris describes the multifarious practices and diverse kinds of people to whom Greeks and Romans turned for help. Topics include the possible development of analgesics, ancient ideas about contagion, the history of the god Asclepius and more generally the role of religion and magic, opinions about abortion, ancient responses to mental illness, and the invention of the hospital. Taking into account the fill range of textual sources and archaeological material, this book attempts to provide an unprecedentedly realistic - and readable - depiction of the Greek and Roman responses to ill health |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Oct 2024) |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 602 Seiten) |
ISBN: | 9783111507996 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783111507996 |
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spelling | Harris, William V. Verfasser aut Dire Remedies: A Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity William V. Harris Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2024] 2024 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 602 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes 172 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Oct 2024) Dire Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of ancient healthcare. Greek medicine is at the origin of modern medicine, but it was very often ineffective. What did people actually do when faced with pain and illness? Starting with a review of ancient health conditions and a survey of what doctors had to offer, W.V. Harris describes the multifarious practices and diverse kinds of people to whom Greeks and Romans turned for help. Topics include the possible development of analgesics, ancient ideas about contagion, the history of the god Asclepius and more generally the role of religion and magic, opinions about abortion, ancient responses to mental illness, and the invention of the hospital. Taking into account the fill range of textual sources and archaeological material, this book attempts to provide an unprecedentedly realistic - and readable - depiction of the Greek and Roman responses to ill health In English Antike Medizin Asklepios Heilmittel Sozialgeschichte HISTORY / Ancient / General bisacsh Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783111454399 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111507996 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
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