Book ID: CBB000302167

The Book of Medicines: Ancient Syrian Anatomy, Pathology and Therapeutics (2002)

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Budge, E. A. Wallis (Author)


Kegan Paul


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: clxxvi + 804 pp., index
Language: English

Description The English text of the Syriac Book of Medicines by a physician from the early Christian era. Primarily Hippocratic in outlook, it includes discussions of anatomy, pathology and therapeutics, astrology, omens, spells, and divination, as well as prescriptions for medications.


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Authors & Contributors
Maieron, Mario Augusto
Glassmeier, Karls-Heinz
Börno, Maria
Yates, Robin D. S.
Wheeler, Brannon M.
Walker, Joel Thomas
Journals
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Medicina Historica
Perspectives on Science
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Galenos: Rivista di Filologia dei Testi Medici Antichi
Publishers
University of Illinois Press
University of Chicago Press
Pennsylvania State University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Les Belles Lettres
Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies
Concepts
Occult sciences
Medicine
Divination; prognostication
Medical astrology
Astrology
Greek language
People
Hippocrates of Cos
Galen
Pseudo-Paracelsus
Sorapán de Rieros de, Iván
Plato
Pic de la Mirandole, Jean-François
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Middle and Near East
Greece
Mesopotamia
Levant and Near East
England
Mediterranean region
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