Book ID: CBB081348743

The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine (2017)

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Wee, John Zhu-En (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 460 pp.
Language: English

The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine explores how analogy and metaphor illuminate and shape conceptions about the human body and disease, through 11 case studies from ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman medicine.

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Review Rosalie David (2019) Review of "The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 584-585). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Metzger, N
Tilburg, C. R. van
Taub, Liba Chaia
Stol, Marten
Steele, John M.
Seidel, Jonathan Lee
Concepts
Medicine
Disease and diseases
Astronomy
Magic
Astrology
Calendars
Time Periods
Ancient
Early modern
17th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
China
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