Mental illness in ancient medicine : from Celsus to Paul of Aegina /
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
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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| Series: | Studies in ancient medicine ;
Volume 50 Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 50 Studies in ancient medicine ; volume 50 Studies in ancient medicine v. 50 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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 Apameas 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 Galens 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
- Galens pathological soul : diagnosis and therapy in ethical and medical texts and contexts / P.N. Singer
- 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