UID:
almahu_9949701862002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047424864
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Content:
Hippocratic Recipes is the first extended study of the pharmacological recipes included in the Hippocratic Corpus. The recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, are here examined both from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. Drawing on studies in the fields of classics, social history of medicine, and anthropology, this book offers new insights into the production and use of pharmacological knowledge in the classical world. In particular, it assesses the deep interactions between oral and written traditions in the transmission of this knowledge. Recipes are addressed as texts, but the existence of 'missing links' in the written tradition are acknowledged.
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Preliminary Materials /
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Introduction - Under The Spell Of The Pharmakon /
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Chapter One. Oral Transmission Of Medical Knowledge And Written Recipes /
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Chapter Two. The History Of The Written Catalogues Of Recipes /
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Chapter Three. Hippocratic Recipes Between Home Remedies And Haute Médecine /
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Chapter Four. Imports, Geographical Determinism And Influences: The Use Of Exotic And Luxury Ingredients In The Hippocratic Catalogues Of Recipes /
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Chapter Five. Fertility And Sex: The Symbolism Attached To Some Ingredients Of The Hippocratic Gynaecological Recipes /
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Chapter Six. Reading, Studying And Using The Hippocratic Catalogues Of Recipes /
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Chapter Seven. The Afterlife Of Hippocratic Recipes /
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Conclusions - The Fluidity Of Pharmacological Knowledge /
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Bibliography /
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General Index /
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Index Of Passages Cited /
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Index Of Ingredients /
Additional Edition:
Hippocratic recipes ISBN 9789004171541 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004171541 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
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