Popular medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity : : explorations / / edited by W. V. Harris.

• Superior document: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, Volume 42
• TeilnehmendeR: Harris, William V.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; Volume 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Notes: "Based on a conference held at Columbia University, New York, April 18-19, 2014."
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 Popular Medicine in the Classical World /; 2 Pharmakopōlai: A Re-Evaluation of the Sources /; 3 Asclepius: A Divine Doctor, A Popular Healer /; 4 Anatomical Votives: Popular Medicine in Republican Italy? /; 5 Between Public Health and Popular Medicine: Senatorial and Popular Responses to Epidemic Disease in the Roman Republic /; 6 Metals in Medicine: From Telephus to Galen /; 7 Crossing the Borders Between Egyptian and Greek Medical Practice /; 8 Representations of the Physician in Jewish Literature from Hellenistic and Roman Times /; 9 Fear, Hope and the Definition of Hippocratic Medicine /; 10 Medical Care in the Roman Army during the High Empire /; 11 How Popular Were the Medical Sects? /; 12 Popular Medicines and Practices in Galen /; 13 Folk Medicine in the Galenic Corpus /; Bibliography --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004326049
• ISSN: 0166-1302
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by W. V. Harris.

The history of healthcare in the classical world suffers from notable neglect in one crucial area. While scholars have intensively studied both the rationalistic medicine that is conveyed in the canonical texts and also the ‘temple medicine’ of Asclepius and other gods, they have largely neglected to study popular medicine in a systematic fashion. This volume, which for the most part is the fruit of a conference held at Columbia University in 2014, aims to help correct this imbalance. Using the full range of available evidence - archaeological, epigraphical and papyrological, as well as the literary texts - the international cast of contributors hopes to show what real people in Antiquity actually did when they tried to avert illness or cure it.