Mental illness in ancient medicine : from Celsus to Paul of Aegina /
Mental illness in ancient medicine : from Celsus to Paul of Aegina /
edited by Chiara Thumiger and P.N. Singer.
- 1 online resource (xv, 479 pages).
- Studies in ancient medicine ; volume 50 .
- Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 50. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Between insanity and wisdom : perceptions of melancholy in the ps. -- Hippocratic letters 10-17 / George Kazantzidis -- "Not a daimon, but a severe illness" : Oribasius, Posidonius and later ancient perspectives on superhuman agents causing disease / Nadine Metzger -- Athenaeus of Attalia on the psychological causes of bodily health / Sean Coughlin -- Archigenes of Apamea's treatment of mental diseases / Orly Lewis -- Mental perceptions and pathology in the work of Rufus of Ephesus / Melinda Letts -- Mental disorders and psychological suffering in Galen's Cases / Julien Devinant -- Galen on memory, forgetting and memory loss / Ricardo Julião -- Stomachikon, hydrophobia and other eating disturbances : volition and taste in late-antique medical discussions / Chiara Thumiger -- "A most acute, disgusting and indecent disease" : satyriasis and sexual disorders in ancient medicine / Chiara Thumiger -- Mental derangement in methodist nosography : what Caelius Aurelianus had to say / Anna Maria Urso -- Mental illnesses in the medical compilations of late antiquity : the case of Aëtius of Amida / Ricarda Gabel -- Making the distinction : the stoic view of mental illness / Marke Ahonen -- Philosophical psychological therapy : did it have any impact on medical practice? / Christopher Gill -- Galen's pathological soul : diagnosis and therapy in ethical and medical texts and contexts / P.N. Singer.
Mental Illness in Ancient Medicine: From Celsus to Paul of Aegina traces the history of conceptions of mental disorder in Graeco-Roman medical writings, from the 1st century BCE to the 7th CE, with detailed studies of all significant authors.
9789004362260 electronic book 9004362266 electronic book hardcover alkaline paper hardcover alkaline paper
2017059301
To 1500
Mental illness--Treatment--History--To 1500.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Mental Disorders--history
Mental Disorders--therapy
History, Ancient
Maladies mentales--Traitement.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Mental illness--Treatment.
Electronic books.
History.
RC438 / .M46 2018
616.8900938
W1 / ST918K v.50 2018 WM 11.1
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Between insanity and wisdom : perceptions of melancholy in the ps. -- Hippocratic letters 10-17 / George Kazantzidis -- "Not a daimon, but a severe illness" : Oribasius, Posidonius and later ancient perspectives on superhuman agents causing disease / Nadine Metzger -- Athenaeus of Attalia on the psychological causes of bodily health / Sean Coughlin -- Archigenes of Apamea's treatment of mental diseases / Orly Lewis -- Mental perceptions and pathology in the work of Rufus of Ephesus / Melinda Letts -- Mental disorders and psychological suffering in Galen's Cases / Julien Devinant -- Galen on memory, forgetting and memory loss / Ricardo Julião -- Stomachikon, hydrophobia and other eating disturbances : volition and taste in late-antique medical discussions / Chiara Thumiger -- "A most acute, disgusting and indecent disease" : satyriasis and sexual disorders in ancient medicine / Chiara Thumiger -- Mental derangement in methodist nosography : what Caelius Aurelianus had to say / Anna Maria Urso -- Mental illnesses in the medical compilations of late antiquity : the case of Aëtius of Amida / Ricarda Gabel -- Making the distinction : the stoic view of mental illness / Marke Ahonen -- Philosophical psychological therapy : did it have any impact on medical practice? / Christopher Gill -- Galen's pathological soul : diagnosis and therapy in ethical and medical texts and contexts / P.N. Singer.
Mental Illness in Ancient Medicine: From Celsus to Paul of Aegina traces the history of conceptions of mental disorder in Graeco-Roman medical writings, from the 1st century BCE to the 7th CE, with detailed studies of all significant authors.
9789004362260 electronic book 9004362266 electronic book hardcover alkaline paper hardcover alkaline paper
2017059301
To 1500
Mental illness--Treatment--History--To 1500.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Mental Disorders--history
Mental Disorders--therapy
History, Ancient
Maladies mentales--Traitement.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Mental illness--Treatment.
Electronic books.
History.
RC438 / .M46 2018
616.8900938
W1 / ST918K v.50 2018 WM 11.1