John the Physician's Therapeutics : a medical handbook in vernacular Greek / / by Barbara Zipser.
The Therapeutics of John the Physician is a medical handbook from the thirteenth century, holding important new evidence on medicine as craft. Of particular interest is a vernacular version of the text, which also contains a commentary. Here, an unknown reviser vividly describes cases and medical pr...
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| Superior document: | Studies in ancient medicine, v. 37 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in ancient medicine ;
v. 37. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (388 pages) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The Therapeutics of John the Physician is a medical handbook from the thirteenth century, holding important new evidence on medicine as craft. Of particular interest is a vernacular version of the text, which also contains a commentary. Here, an unknown reviser vividly describes cases and medical procedures, a type of knowledge rarely encountered in scholarly texts. In the present volume, the Therapeutics is published for the first time, along with a translation and an introduction to the topic. Apart from insights into medical history, the text also yields a large quantity of new material on the medical terminology used in everyday language and brings to life the development from ancient to modern Greek. The editorial technique may be of interest to those working on digital humanities. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1282602292 9786612602290 9047430670 |
| ISSN: | 0925-1421 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Barbara Zipser. |