Health in Antiquity

Herausgeber: King, Helen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Health and perception of health in ancient Mediterranean societies are brought together in a multidisciplinary approach by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780415486934
• ISBN-10: 0415486939
• Artikelnr.: 26527027

Autorenporträt

Helen King is Professor of History of Classical Medicine at the University of Reading. She is the author of Hippocrates' Women (1998) and The Disease of Virgins (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Disease and the Prehistory of the Aegean 2.Health and Disease in Greece:
Past, present and future 3. Health in Hellenistic and Roman Times: The case
studies of Paphos, Cyprus and Corinth, Greece 4. Health and the Life Course
at Herculaneum and Pompeii 5. Holding on to Health? Bone surgery and
instrumentation in the Roman empire 6. 'Without You No One is Happy': The
cult of health in ancient Greece 7. Hygieia at Dinner and at the Simposium
8. Women's Health and Recovery in the Hippocratic Corpus 9. Drama and
Healing: Ancient and modern 10. 'Curing' Disability 11. The Salubriousness
of the Roman City 12. Buildings for Health: Then and now 13. The Health of
the Spiritual Athlete 14. 'Carrying on the Work of the Earlier Firm':
Doctors, medicine and Christianity in the Thaumata of Sophronius of
Jerusalem