Magic and rationality in ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman medicine /

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Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 407 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; 27 Studies in Ancient Medicine 27. Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
Subject:	Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian -- Philosophy. Medicine, Greek and Roman -- Philosophy. Magic. Practical reason. Magic. Medicine, Greek and Roman -- Philosophy. Practical reason.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13530506

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Other authors / contributors:	Horstmanshoff, H. F. J. Stol, Marten. Tilburg, C. R. van (Cornelis)
ISBN:	9789047414315 9789004136663
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of \'rationality\' or \'irrationality\' in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.
Other form:	Print version: Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2004, 9789004136663
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789047414315

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