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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792452003321

Autore

Zipser Barbara

Titolo

John the Physician's Therapeutics [[electronic resource] ] : a medical handbook in vernacular Greek / / by Barbara Zipser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2009

ISBN

1-282-60229-2

9786612602290

90-474-3067-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 pages)

Collana

Studies in ancient medicine, , 0925-1421 ; ; v. 37

Disciplina

610.938

Soggetti

Medicine, Medieval

Medicine, Greek and Roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

An unusual topic -- The text -- Other texts -- The manuscript tradition -- Editorial methods -- Language, place and date -- Medical practice.

Sommario/riassunto

The Therapeutics of John the Physician is a medical handbook from the thirteenth century, holding important new evidence on medicine as craft. Of particular interest is a vernacular version of the text, which also contains a commentary. Here, an unknown reviser vividly describes cases and medical procedures, a type of knowledge rarely encountered in scholarly texts. In the present volume, the Therapeutics is published for the first time, along with a translation and an introduction to the topic. Apart from insights into medical history, the text also yields a large quantity of new material on the medical terminology used in everyday language and brings to life the development from ancient to modern Greek. The editorial technique may be of interest to those working on digital humanities.