The art is long : : on the sacred disease and the scientific tradition / / by Julie Laskaris.

This volume examines the fifth-century medical treatise, On the Sacred Disease , as a sophistic speech, and considers its position within the scientific tradition. The first part concerns conceptions of science, magic, and medicine; and establishes the antiquity of medicine as a specialized skill. T...

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Superior document:Studies in ancient medicine, v. 25
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Studies in Ancient Medicine 25.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 171 pages) :; illustrations
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