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xiv, 496 pages : portrait ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
Contents |
The Hippocratic oath: text, translation and interpretation -- Hippocratic prognosis -- The Hippocratic physician -- Review of: M. Pohlenz, 'Hippokrates und die Begründung der wissenschaftlichen Medizin' -- Review of: William F. Petersen, 'Hippocratic wisdom: a modern appreciation of ancient scientific achievement' -- The genuine works of Hippocrates -- Review of: W. Jaeger, 'Diokles von Karystos. Die griechische Medizin und die Schule des Aristoteles' -- The Role of Eryximachus in Plato's Symposium -- The Methodists -- Empiricism and skepticism in the teaching of the Greek empiricist school -- Greek medicine in its relation to religion and magic -- The history of anatomy in antiquity -- The dietetics of antiquity -- The professional ethics of the Greek physician -- The relation of ancient philosophy to medicine -- The distinctive Hellenism of Greek medicine -- Recent trends in the interpretation of ancient science -- Andreas Vesalius, the humanist -- Sydenham and Cervantes -- Medical historiography in 1847. |
Subject |
Medicine, Ancient.
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History, Ancient -- Essays.
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History of Medicine -- Essays.
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Added Author |
Temkin, Owsei, 1902-2002, editor.
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Temkin, C. Lilian (Clarice Lilian), 1906- editor.
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