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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783111507996
035 _a(DE-B1597)688459
035 _a(OCoLC)1456761177
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHarris, William V.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aDire Remedies: A Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity /
_cWilliam V. Harris.
264 1 _aBerlin ;
_aBoston :
_bDe Gruyter,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c2024
300 _a1 online resource (XX, 602 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aTrends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
_x1868-4785 ;
_v172
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tPreface --
_tContents --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tAbbreviations --
_tMaps --
_t1 The Burden of Illness --
_t2 Doctors and their Limitations --
_t3 Vernacular Healthcare --
_t4 Pain and Analgesics --
_t5 Contagion in Ancient Thinking about Disease --
_t6 The Mystery of Disgusting Medications --
_t7 Physicians Refusing Treatment --
_t8 Abortion: its Prevalence, its Acceptability --
_t9 Seers and Healthcare --
_t10 Seeking Health from Gods and Heroes --
_t11 The Evolution and the Extinction of Asclepius --
_t12 The Doctors and Religion --
_t13 Amulets to Protect and Cure --
_t14 Mental Disorders in their Social Context --
_t15 Ancient Hospitals --
_t16 Conclusions --
_tReferences --
_tIndex of Proper Names --
_tIndex of Topics
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aDire Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of ancient healthcare. Greek medicine is at the origin of modern medicine, but it was very often ineffective. What did people actually do when faced with pain and illness? Starting with a review of ancient health conditions and a survey of what doctors had to offer, W.V. Harris describes the multifarious practices and diverse kinds of people to whom Greeks and Romans turned for help. Topics include the possible development of analgesics, ancient ideas about contagion, the history of the god Asclepius and more generally the role of religion and magic, opinions about abortion, ancient responses to mental illness, and the invention of the hospital. Taking into account the fill range of textual sources and archaeological material, this book attempts to provide an unprecedentedly realistic – and readable – depiction of the Greek and Roman responses to ill health.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)
650 4 _aAntike Medizin.
650 4 _aAsklepios.
650 4 _aHeilmittel.
650 4 _aSozialgeschichte.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / General.
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653 _aAsclepius.
653 _aGreek doctors.
653 _aancient healthcare.
653 _apopular medicine.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783111507996
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111507996
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