Volume II details the development of medicine among the early Indo-European peoples--Greeks, Indians, and Persians. The Indo-Europeans were the first to use empirical knowledge to develop philosophical systems of medicine which looked beyond the sick man for universal laws. This volume examines the Greek rational systems which are the foundations of modern science, and the similar Near Eastern approaches, which had an additional mystic component better suited for
handling mental and spiritual problems.
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34 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
34 pp black and white photographs
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-505079-0 (9780195050790)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
I. ARCHAIC MEDICINE IN GREECE
1: The Setting
2: Homeric Medicine
3: Religious Medicine: Asclepius and His Cult
4: Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Early Medical Schools
II. HINDU MEDICINE
1: The Setting
2: Early Indus Civilization
3: Vedic Medicine
4: Indian Philosophies and Early Medical Schools
III. MEDICINE IN ANCIENT PERSIA
1: Ancient Persia
IV. THE GOLDEN AGE OF GREEK MEDICINE
1: Life in the Greek City-States
2: Hippocrates and the Collection of Hippocratic Writings
3: Patient and Physician
4: Medical Theories
