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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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- The Art is Long
- On the Sacred Disease-Summary, History and Reception
- On the Sacred Disease-A Sophistic Protreptic Speech
- Getting Their Goat
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
- Studies in Ancient Medicine.