03699nam 22005654a 450 991082216620332120240416174201.00-8018-9634-7(CKB)2520000000007600(OCoLC)547580551(CaPaEBR)ebrary10363193(SSID)ssj0000338006(PQKBManifestationID)11242621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338006(PQKBWorkID)10295306(PQKB)10644706(MiAaPQ)EBC3318457(MdBmJHUP)muse2711(Au-PeEL)EBL3318457(CaPaEBR)ebr10363193(OCoLC)923194409(EXLCZ)99252000000000760020071024d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGalen and the rhetoric of healing /Susan P. Mattern1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20081 online resource (292 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8835-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Stories in Context -- I. SOCIETY AND CULTURE -- Galen's Life -- Diseases and Death in Rome -- Galen and Greek Culture -- Galen's Corpus -- Galen's Audience: "Friends and Companions" -- Professionalism and Social Status -- II. NARRATIVE AND MEDICINE -- Hippocratic Case Histories -- Case Histories after the Hippocratic Corpus -- Inscriptions and the Cult of Asclepius -- Written Tradition and Clinical Experience -- Case Histories in Galen's Work -- Memory and Autobiography -- 2 Place and Time -- I. CONTEXT AND AUTHENTICITY -- II. PLACE -- City -- Country -- Houses -- III. TIME -- Chronology -- Medical Time -- Time and Narrative Structure -- 3 The Contest: Rivals, Spectators, and Judges -- I. AGON -- II. RIVALS -- Other Physicians -- Confrontation -- Demonstrating Superiority -- III. AUDIENCE -- Witness and Judge -- The Addressee -- Friends -- Rivals and Patients -- Family and Household -- Husbands, Fathers, and Masters -- IV. FAILURE -- V. CASE HISTORY AND HEALING NARRATIVE -- 4 The Patient -- I. PRESENTING THE PATIENT -- Names and Terms -- Temperament and Constitution -- Age -- Sex: Female Patients -- Social Information -- Conclusion -- II. THE PATIENT AS CHARACTER -- The Patient's Perspective -- The Patient's Lifestyle -- Character and Emotion -- Conclusion -- 5 Physician and Patient -- I. THE PHYSICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE: "I" AND "WE" -- II. PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT -- Intimacy -- Obedience -- Perceiving the Patient -- III. FEVER -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix A: Works Cited from Galen's Corpus -- Appendix B: Table of Cases -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.Examining his professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing provides a fresh perspective on a foundational figure in medicine and valuable insight into how doctors thought about their patients and their practice in the ancient world.Medicine, Greek and RomanPhysician and patientHistoryMedicine, Greek and Roman.Physician and patientHistory.610.938Mattern Susan P.1966-479975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822166203321Galen and the rhetoric of healing1224296UNINA