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  • The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire

    Galen in the Roman Empire

    de Susan P. Mattern ...
    Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Mattern's The Prince of Medicine offers the first authoritative biography in English of this brilliant, ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

  • Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing

    de Susan P. Mattern ...
    Galen is the most important physician of the Roman imperial era. Many of his theories and practices were the basis for medical knowledge for centuries after his death and some practices—like checking a patient’s pulse—are still used today. He also left a vast corpus of writings which makes up a full one-eighth of all surviving ancient Greek literature. Through her readings of hundreds of Galen’s ... Leer más

    $51.69 USD

  • The Prince of Medicine

    Galen in the Roman Empire

    de Susan P. Mattern ...
    Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Mattern's The Prince of Medicine offers the first authoritative biography in English of this brilliant, ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

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  • Examined Lives

    From Socrates to Nietzsche

    de James Miller ...
    A New York Times Notable Book: "Endlessly rich . . . An earnest, wistful collection of biographical sketches of a dozen preeminent 'lovers of wisdom.'" — The Wall Street JournalWe all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what ... Leer más

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  • The History of Sexuality, Vol. 3

    The Care of the Self

    de Michel Foucault ...
    Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) and physicians of the era, and uncovers an increasing mistrust of pleasure and ... Leer más

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  • A Short History of Medicine

    de F. González-Crussi ...
    Series Libro 28 - Modern Library Chronicles
    In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and ... Leer más

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  • The Book of Dead Philosophers

    de Simon Critchley ...
    In this collection of brief lives (and deaths) of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words of Christian saints and modern-day sages, this irresistible book contains much to inspire both ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Invention of Medicine

    From Homer to Hippocrates

    de Robin Lane Fox ...
    A preeminent classics scholar revises the history of medicine.Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of their great legacies to the world. In the fifth century BCE, a Greek doctor put forward his clinical observations of individual men, women, and children in a collection of case histories known as the Epidemics. Among his working principles was the ... Leer más

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  • Old Time Makers of Medicine

    de James J. Walsh ...
    James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865-1942) was an American physician and author, born in New York City. He graduated from Fordham College in 1884 and from the University of Pennsylvania (M.D.) in 1895. After postgraduate work in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin he settled in New York. ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

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  • How to Be Healthy

    An Ancient Guide to Wellness

    de Galen, Katherine D. Van Schaik ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient worldThe second-century Greek physician Galen—the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates—is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, teacher, pharmacologist, and inventor, Galen attended the court of Marcus Aurelius, living through ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

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  • A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography

    Edición de John Marincola ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades.Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholarsPresents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquityThese are complemented by chapters on ... Leer más

    $50.00 USD

  • Women's History and Ancient History

    Edición de Sarah B. Pomeroy ...
    This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women’s public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships.Essays on Hellenistic queens and Spartan and Roman women document how women exerted political power — usually, but not ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD