Aetius of Amida on Diseases of the Brain : : Translation and Commentary of ›Libri medicinales‹ 6.1–10 with Introduction / / Ricarda Gäbel.
In earlier scholarship, the late antique medical compilations of Oribasius of Pergamon, Aetius of Amida and Paul of Aegina were rather neglected and were believed to add nothing new themselves to what Galen, in particular, had to say. By now, scholarship has undergone a positive change in attitude t...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures ,
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- How to use this book
- General introduction
- 1 The aim and structure of this study
- 2 Medicine in late antiquity
- 3 Aetius of Amida
- 4 Diseases of the brain and mental illness
- Olivieri’s text and my translation
- List of changes to Olivieri’s edition
- Commentary
- VI 1 On hydrokephaloi from Leonides
- VI 2 On phrenitis from (the books of) Posidonius
- VI 3 On lethargia from (the books of) Archigenes and Posidonius
- VI 4 On katalepsis from (the books of) Archigenes and Posidonius
- VI 5 On karos from Posidonius
- VI 6 On koma from (the books of) Posidonius
- VI 7 On those who suffer from skotoma (from the books of) Archigenes and Posidonius
- VI 8 On mania from (the books of) Archigenes and Posidonius
- VI 9 On melancholia from (the books of) Galen and Rufus and Posidonius
- VI 10 Therapy of those who suffer from melancholia
- Bibliography
- Indices
- 1 Index of Olivieri’s Greek text
- 2 Index of the translation
- 3 Index of passages cited
- 4 Index of the commentary