Galen and the rhetoric of healing / / Susan P. Mattern

• Autore: Mattern Susan P. <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.938
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Greek and Roman; Physician and patient - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Galen and the rhetoric of healing
• ISBN: 0-8018-9634-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822166203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II