Author : Peter E. Pormann
Release : 2012
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 797/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Epidemics in Context by : Peter E. Pormann
Download or read book Epidemics in Context written by Peter E. Pormann. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen's Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. But they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates these texts from various and diverse vantage points: textual criticism; Greek philology; knowledge transfer through translations; and medical history. Especially the Syriac and Arabic traditions of the Epidemics come under scrutiny.