A classic study of medicine in antiquity, Ancient Medicine brings together much of Ludwig Edelstein's most important work on a subject that occupied him throughout a distinguished career. Included is his widely known translation of and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath, as well as his other writings on the oath which demonstrate how atypical it is of Greek medical thought. The book also explores the influence of empiricism and skepticism on Greek and Roman medicine, the practice of anatomy and dietetics in antiquity, and the relation of ancient medicine to ancient philosophy.
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Edelstein's work has contributed profoundly to our knowledge and understanding of Greek medicine.
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Good information, but the title is deceptive,
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Good book, although seems to be more focused on Greek medicine than "ancient medicine". Explains how the 'Hippocratic Oath' is more that just an oath, but is really a window into the Greek world and the influence of Greek Mystery Schools (specifically pythagorean) on life of those times. Wordy, though, probably could have done the same thing in about half the book or at least made a large appendix with additional material. Serves its purpose, though.
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That for centuries the so-called Hippocratic Oath was the exemplar of medical etiquette and as such determined the professional attitude of generations of physicians, no one will doubt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deontological writings, dogmatic medicine, medical skepticism, medical humanism, abortive remedies, religious medicine, sacred disease, ancient medicine, ancient scientists, medical sects, empirical medicine, human dissection, animal dissection, dogmatic philosophy, ancient science, true physician Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diogenes Laertius, Corpus Hippocraticum, New York, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Source Book, Middle Ages, Caelius Aurelianus, Airs Waters Places, Loeb Class, Scribonius Largus, Die Philosophie, Griechische Kulturgeschichte, Sextus Empiricus, Johns Hopkins Press, Preussischen Akademie, Carmen Aureum, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Die Wunderheilungen, Diogenes of Apollonia, Early Greek Philosophy, Philologische Untersuchungen, Aenesidemean Skepticism, American Journal of Philology, Antike Diatetik, Antike Heilkunde New!
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That for centuries the so-called Hippocratic Oath was the exemplar of medical etiquette and as such determined the professional attitude of generations of physicians, no one will doubt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deontological writings, dogmatic medicine, medical skepticism, medical humanism, abortive remedies, religious medicine, sacred disease, ancient medicine, ancient scientists, medical sects, empirical medicine, human dissection, animal dissection, dogmatic philosophy, ancient science, true physician Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diogenes Laertius, Corpus Hippocraticum, New York, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Source Book, Middle Ages, Caelius Aurelianus, Airs Waters Places, Loeb Class, Scribonius Largus, Die Philosophie, Griechische Kulturgeschichte, Sextus Empiricus, Johns Hopkins Press, Preussischen Akademie, Carmen Aureum, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Die Wunderheilungen, Diogenes of Apollonia, Early Greek Philosophy, Philologische Untersuchungen, Aenesidemean Skepticism, American Journal of Philology, Antike Diatetik, Antike Heilkunde New!
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- Greek Science by Benjamin Farrington on 10 pages
- Hippocratic Oath by L. Edelstein on 6 pages
- Early Greek Philosophy by John Burnet on 4 pages
- The Dialogues of Plato (Bantam Classic) by Plato on page 117, page 142, and page 155
- Hippokratische Untersuchungen (History of Ideas in Ancient Greece) by Carl Fredrich on page 72, and page 393
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