Mental illness in ancient medicine : from Celsus to Paul of Aegina / edited by Chiara Thumiger and P. N. Singer

Between insanity and wisdom : perceptions of melancholy in the ps. - Hippocratic letters / 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 Juliao -- 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 Aetius 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.

Medienart:

Buch

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2018]

Copyright 2018

Erschienen:

Leiden Boston: Brill ; 2018

Copyright 2018

Reihe:

Studies in ancient medicine - volume 50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thumiger, Chiara, 1975- [HerausgeberIn]
Singer, P. N., 1962- [HerausgeberIn]

Congresses:

Mental Diseases in Ancient Medicine ; Berlin ; 2014

Conference Mental Diseases in Ancient Medicine ; Berlin ; 2014.10.

Links:

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-90-04-36272-7

Nlm:

W1

WM 11.1

BKL:

44.01 / Geschichte der Medizin

15.25 / Alte Geschichte

Themen:

Antike
Aufsatzsammlung
Konferenzschrift
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Medizin
Mental Disorders
Mental disorders
Mental illness
Psychische Störung

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Acknowledgments: " [...] the conference, 'Mental Diseases in Ancient Medicine', at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in October 2014, at which most of the chapters in the present book were presented in a preliminary form ..."

Umfang:

XV, 479 Seiten

Weitere IDs:

9789004362727

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1008840041