Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21858-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

Current questions over whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.

Zielgruppe

For both specialists and non-specialists interested in the history of Greek medicine, Ptolemaic period Egypt, and medical anthropology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lang, Philippa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Lang, Philippa
Philippa Lang, Ph.D. (2001) in Classics, University of Cambridge, is Assistant Professor of Classics at Emory University. She has published on Hellenistic medicine and classical philosophy, and is the author of two commentaries for Brill's New Jacoby.

Philippa Lang, Ph.D. (2001) in Classics, University of Cambridge, is Associate Professor of Classics at Emory University. She has published on Hellenistic medicine and classical philosophy, and is the author of two commentaries for Brill's New Jacoby.