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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461945403321

Autore

Langholf Volker <1940->

Titolo

Medical theories in Hippocrates [[electronic resource] ] : early texts and the 'Epidemics' / / by Volker Langholf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Walter De Gruyter, 1990

ISBN

3-11-084759-0

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

285 p

Collana

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; ; 34

Disciplina

610/.38

Soggetti

Medicine, Greek and Roman

Methodism (Ancient medicine)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Introduction -- I. Medical Practice and ,Schools' in Pre-Alexandrian Times: Kos and Knidos -- II. Methods of Cognition in the Oldest Hippocratic Texts: Some Early Doctrines -- III. The Epidemics Treatises -- IV. Prognosis and Divination -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Addendum -- Index of Passages -- General Index -- Back matter