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"We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in o...
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Bloomsbury studies in classical reception
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| Summary: |
"We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine -- and the physician himself -- should be. In both orthodox and alternative medicine, he continues to be a model to be emulated. This book will challenge widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about the history of |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781350005891 1350005894 |
| Index Number: | R126 |
| CLC: | K835.456.2 |
| Call Number: | K835.456.2/H667K |
| Contents: | What we know about Hippocrates -- What we thought we knew -- Sabotaging the story : what Hippocrates didn't write -- Needing a bit of information : Hippocrates in the news -- Hippocrates in quotes -- Let food be thy medicine -- The holistic Hippocrates : "Treating the patient, not just the disease" -- Conclusion: Strange remedies? |