Neurological concepts in ancient Greek medicine / by Thomas Walshe III, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Chief, General Neurology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

  • Walshe, Thomas M.
Date:
[2016]
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Physical description

xiv, 204 pages ; 25 cm

Contents

Neurologic concepts in the Homeric epics -- Hippocrates and the Corpus Hippocraticum -- A neurology text before there was neurology -- On the sacred disease -- Surgical texts and diagnosis guides -- Wounds of the head -- Hippocratic medicine and neurologic conditions -- Ancient Greek ideas of cognition -- The separation of the nerves from other fibers -- The Hellenistic pursuit of neuroanatomy -- The Hippocratic oath and a modern digression.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    PA.328.AA1
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  • 9780190218560
  • 0190218568