Greek rational medicine : philosophy and medicine from Alcmaeon to the Alexandrians /: philosophy and medicine from Alcmaeon to the Alexandrians. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Longrigg.
• Other Names: Longrigg, James, 1934-
• Contents: 1. Pre-rational and irrational medicine in Greece and neighbouring cultures -- 2. Ionian natural philosophy and the origins of rational medicine -- 3. Philosophy and medicine in the fifth century I: Alcmaeon and the pre-Socratic philosophers -- 4. Philosophy and medicine in the fifth century II: Pre-Socratic philosophy and the Hippocratic Corpus -- 5. Post-Hippocratic medicine I: Medicine and the Academy -- 6. Post-Hippocratic medicine II: Medicine from Lyceum to Museum -- 7. Early Alexandrian medical science -- Appendix: The role of the opposites in pre-Aristotelian physics.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Subjects: 610/.938; Medicine, Greek and Roman; History, Ancient; History of Medicine; Medicine, greek and roman; Medicine; Médecine grecque et romaine; Histoire ancienne -- Grèce; Histoire ancienne -- Rome; Medicine, Greek and Roman; Geneeskunde; Griekse oudheid; Medicina (historia); Historia antiga -- grecia (ciencia e tecnologia); Historia antiga -- roma (ciencia e tecnologia); Médecine grecque et romaine -- Philosophie; Médecine grecque et romaine; Greece; Rome; Student Collection
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134973668; 1134973667
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.