Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt /
Lang, Philippa, 1974-
Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt / by Philippa Lang. - 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41 . - Studies in Ancient Medicine 41. Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Front Matter -- Greeks and Egyptians -- Medicine and the Gods -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Responses to Illness -- Identifying Medical Practitioners -- Medicine in Alexandria -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
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Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.
9789004235519
10.1163/9789004235519 DOI
2012026425
Medicine, Egyptian.
Medicine, Ancient.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Human body--Egypt.
Medical logic--History.
Physicians--History.--Egypt
Medicine--History.--Egypt--Alexandria
R137 / .L36 2013
610.938
Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt / by Philippa Lang. - 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 41 . - Studies in Ancient Medicine 41. Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Front Matter -- Greeks and Egyptians -- Medicine and the Gods -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Responses to Illness -- Identifying Medical Practitioners -- Medicine in Alexandria -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.
9789004235519
10.1163/9789004235519 DOI
2012026425
Medicine, Egyptian.
Medicine, Ancient.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Human body--Egypt.
Medical logic--History.
Physicians--History.--Egypt
Medicine--History.--Egypt--Alexandria
R137 / .L36 2013
610.938