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Asclepius : Medicine and Cult.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018.Description: 1 online resource (170 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 351512201X
  • 9783515122016
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asclepius : Medicine and Cult.DDC classification:
  • 610.938 23
LOC classification:
  • R126 .S744 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro; Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Medicine of Asclepius in Context; II. 1 -- The beginnings of the Asclepian cult in Rome; II. 2 -- Relations with Ancient Babylon and Egypt; II. 3 -- Medical Traditions; II. 4 -- Medicine outside the traditions; II. 5 -- Medical Practice; III. The Practice of Asclepius; III. 1 -- The myth of Asclepius and his healing cult; III. 2 -- The sites of Asclepian healing; III. 3 -- The sources -- mere miracle stories?; III. 4 -- Methodological considerations; III. 5 -- The patients of Asclepius; IV. Summary; V. Appendix; V.1 -- Editions and translations; V.2 -- Bibliography
v. 3 -- Picture creditsV. 4 -- Index of persons and places; V.5 -- Subject index
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Intro; Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Medicine of Asclepius in Context; II. 1 -- The beginnings of the Asclepian cult in Rome; II. 2 -- Relations with Ancient Babylon and Egypt; II. 3 -- Medical Traditions; II. 4 -- Medicine outside the traditions; II. 5 -- Medical Practice; III. The Practice of Asclepius; III. 1 -- The myth of Asclepius and his healing cult; III. 2 -- The sites of Asclepian healing; III. 3 -- The sources -- mere miracle stories?; III. 4 -- Methodological considerations; III. 5 -- The patients of Asclepius; IV. Summary; V. Appendix; V.1 -- Editions and translations; V.2 -- Bibliography

v. 3 -- Picture creditsV. 4 -- Index of persons and places; V.5 -- Subject index

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