I wish to express my gratitude to those institutions for their support, and to simon swain then chair. In these eight dense pages, vivian paints a vivid portrait of those people involved in the drug trade in the graecoroman world and beyond. Vivian nutton s 1985 article the drug trade in antiquity is one of the articles that has had the most impact on my career trajectory. Ancient medicine 2nd edition vivian nutton routledge book. All of this is encompassed in nutton s new edition, from the items that have made a big splash, to those that have more stealthily crept up on us peter greens cambridge thesis on pliny the elders use of magic, especially strong chapters among 20 in ancient medicine are 5. Healing, miracle, and magic in nonchristian sources 17.
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Whoever having undertaken to speak or write on medicine, have first laid down for themselves some hypothesis to their argument, such as hot, or cold, or moist, or dry, or whatever else they choose thus reducing their subject within a narrow compass, and supposing only one or two original causes of diseases or of death among mankind, are all clearly mistaken in much that they say. Bibliographic entries and further readings in greek and roman medicine. On ancient medicine by hippocrates, part of the internet classics archive. It combines archaeological evidence with written texts, and introduces many new medical. Liba taub director, the whipple museum of the history of science. Ancient medicine, sciences of antiquity, london and new york. Ancient medicine is a dynamic and emerging area in ancient studies that brings together the sciences social and stem and the humanities in a holistic dialogue. This volume arises from a oneday conference, the galen day, held at warwick university on july 1, 2014 and supported by the faculty of arts at the university of warwick, the department of classics and ancient history, and a wellcome trust medical humanities small grant 105153z14z.
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