Mckeown J. C. (Professor Of Classics Professor Of Classics University Of Wisconsin - Madison)
Mckeown J. C. (Professor Of Classics Professor Of Classics University Of Wisconsin - Madison) - A Cabinet Of Ancient Medical Curiosities Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The Healing Arts Of Greece And Rome - Hardcover
Mckeown J. C. (Professor Of Classics Professor Of Classics University Of Wisconsin - Madison) - A Cabinet Of Ancient Medical Curiosities Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The Healing Arts Of Greece And Rome - Hardcover
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Description: There are few disciplines as exciting and forward - looking as medicine. Unfortunately however many modern practitioners have rather lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires to make good this lapse by taking readers back to the early days of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. Quoting the actual words of ancient authors often from texts which have never been translated into English it gives a glimpse into the beginnings of such fields as surgery gynecology pediatrics preventive medicine and pharmacology as well as highlighting ancient views on such familiar topics as medical ethics and the role of the doctor in society. The hundreds of passages quoted from Greek and Roman authors give a vividly direct picture of the ancient medical world a world in which for example a surgeon had to be strong - minded enough to ignore the screams of his patient diseases were assumed to be sent by the gods medicine and magic were often indistinguishable donkeys might be brought into the sick - room to ensure a fresh supply of milk human anatomy and microbes were equally mysterious and no qualifications were required before setting up as a doctor. As will be evident from this list the approach taken in the book is not an entirely serious one. Even so despite its lighthearted approach it does aspire however modestly to engage the reader in a thought provoking way about many of the issues still current in medicine nowadays.
Title: A Cabinet Of Ancient Medical Curiosities Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The Healing Arts Of Greece And Rome
Author(s): Mckeown J. C. (Professor Of Classics Professor Of Classics University Of Wisconsin - Madison)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190610432
Pages: 288 Pages, 69 Black And White Halftones
Publication Date: 1/2/2017
Category: History Of Medicine
Description: There are few disciplines as exciting and forward - looking as medicine. Unfortunately however many modern practitioners have rather lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires to make good this lapse by taking readers back to the early days of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. Quoting the actual words of ancient authors often from texts which have never been translated into English it gives a glimpse into the beginnings of such fields as surgery gynecology pediatrics preventive medicine and pharmacology as well as highlighting ancient views on such familiar topics as medical ethics and the role of the doctor in society. The hundreds of passages quoted from Greek and Roman authors give a vividly direct picture of the ancient medical world a world in which for example a surgeon had to be strong - minded enough to ignore the screams of his patient diseases were assumed to be sent by the gods medicine and magic were often indistinguishable donkeys might be brought into the sick - room to ensure a fresh supply of milk human anatomy and microbes were equally mysterious and no qualifications were required before setting up as a doctor. As will be evident from this list the approach taken in the book is not an entirely serious one. Even so despite its lighthearted approach it does aspire however modestly to engage the reader in a thought provoking way about many of the issues still current in medicine nowadays.
Title: A Cabinet Of Ancient Medical Curiosities Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The Healing Arts Of Greece And Rome
Author(s): Mckeown J. C. (Professor Of Classics Professor Of Classics University Of Wisconsin - Madison)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190610432
Pages: 288 Pages, 69 Black And White Halftones
Publication Date: 1/2/2017
Category: History Of Medicine
