LEADER 03699nam 22005654a 450 001 9910822166203321 005 20240416174201.0 010 $a0-8018-9634-7 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007600 035 $a(OCoLC)547580551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10363193 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338006 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11242621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338006 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295306 035 $a(PQKB)10644706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318457 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10363193 035 $a(OCoLC)923194409 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007600 100 $a20071024d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGalen and the rhetoric of healing /$fSusan P. Mattern 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-8835-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aExamining 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. 606 $aMedicine, Greek and Roman 606 $aPhysician and patient$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine, Greek and Roman. 615 0$aPhysician and patient$xHistory. 676 $a610.938 700 $aMattern$b Susan P.$f1966-$0479975 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822166203321 996 $aGalen and the rhetoric of healing$91224296 997 $aUNINA