Medicine & Disease

ISBN: 9780674996793
Published by : Harvard University Press
New to the Loeb Classical Library is Method of Medicine, a systematic and comprehensive account of the principles of treating injury and disease and one of Galen's greatest and most influential works. Enlivening the detailed case studies are ma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308463
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study presents a statistical analysis of the Egyptian medical text Papyrus Ebers, with the aim of identifying and analysing patterns in prescriptions. In this way the author is able to point to some of the principles and systems at work in... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754659549
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Professor Scarborough brings together here fourteen of his essays on ancient drugs and pharmacy, dealing with aspects of a pharmacology and medical botany that incorporate magic, astrology, and alchemy, as well as the expected theoretical cons... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305516
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Oribasius of Pergamum (c.320-400) was the Emperor Julian's personal physician and author of a considerable canon of medical literature. In this study, the author has collected and presented a bilingual translation of a selection of Oribasius wr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307145
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Six papers which reassess medieval medicine. Contents: Rage Possession: A Cognitive Science Approach to Early English Demon Possession (Kirsten C. Uszkalo); Outlawry and Moral Perversion in Old Norse Society (Anne Irene Riis); Hermaphroditism ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789077922767
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: eJIM Supplements
Volume: 3
This study on the genesis and evolution of a cluster of disorders (called sitapitta, i.e, urticaria and syndromes resembling it) and their treatment in Indian medical literature from early times to the present day is the first of its kind.It deals... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900099
Published by : Sidestone Press
Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, can occur after a trauma to an arm or leg. CRPS is frequently seen after wrist fractures. The diagnosis of CRPS is based on clinical signs and sympt... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199211494
Published by : Oxford University Press
This excellent book examines a hitherto little documented phenomenon of the Middle Ages, the gradual supplanting of women by men in the field of women's healthcare. Whilst in the twelfth century the Trotula, written by women for women, gained w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896464637
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
twelve essays which look at examples of skeletal remains which bear evidence of damage caused by violence or of corrective surgery, dating from the mesolithic to the early modern era, along with more general theoretical papers. German text. .... Learn More