Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt [[electronic resource] /] / by Philippa Lang

• Autore: Lang Philippa <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 pages)
• Disciplina: 610.938
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Egyptian; Medicine, Ancient; Medicine, Greek and Roman; Human body - Egypt; Medical logic - History; Physicians - Egypt - History; Medicine - Egypt - Alexandria - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Greeks and Egyptians -- Medicine and the Gods -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Responses to Illness -- Identifying Medical Practitioners -- Medicine in Alexandria -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medicine and society in Ptolemaic Egypt
• ISBN: 1-283-93972-X; 90-04-23551-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786062003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Ancient Medicine ; 41.