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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"ancient medicine"”.
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Studies in Historia
… in some of the medical writings, particularly On Ancient Medicine and the Hellenistic sect known as the Empiricists. Chapter III is a detailed enquiry into the uses of the ιστορ-vocabulary in the only treatises of the Hippocratic collection that use it to any substantial degree: On Generation, On …
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Scribal culture in Ben Sira (Sir 38:1-15; 41:1-15; 43:11-19; 44-50)
… This can then be compared to other evidence of ancient scribal culture. The central argument of the thesis is that the lens of scribal culture tells us more about the complexity of this ancient composition. Chapter One introduces the thesis and covers scholarship on Ben Sira and on scribal …
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The medical profession in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian
… and within a chronological context. Works on ancient medicine have in the past concentrated more upon the theories of the sects than upon the medical practitioner. The old article of Salomon Reinach with its copious documentation is thus of greater value than Allbutt 's 'Greek Medicine in …
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Impaired consciousness in ancient medical texts
… (i.e. delirium, sleep and swoons) in the ancient texts, in order to analyse the way in which they are portrayed. On the one hand, I diachronically compared the different medical writers with each other in a thematic arrangement, and on the other, the authors were synchronically contrasted …
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Every dog has their poem: readings in the Cynegetica of Grattius and Nemesianus
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Oribasius’ Woman: Medicine, Christianity and Society in Late Antiquity
… the compiler and his writings, and the place of medicine in the cultural and social landscape of late antiquity. Chapter one examines the scholarly biases that surround Oribasius’ career, positing that his Medical Collections were produced in response to the intellectual priorities of the Emperor …