Nutton, Vivian. <br/><br/>
Ancient medicine / 
Vivian Nutton. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2005. 
 - xiv, 486 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Sciences of antiquity .
 - Sciences of antiquity. .
<br/><br/> Originally published as hbk.: 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-464) and indexes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-464) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Sources and Scope -- Patterns of disease -- Before Hippocrates -- Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Corpus, and the defining of medicine -- Hippocratic theories -- Hippocratic practices -- Religion and medicine in fifth- and fourth-century Greece -- From Plato to Praxagoras -- Alexandria, anatomy, and experimentation -- Hellenistic medicine -- Rome and the transplantation of Greek medicine -- The consequences of empire : pharmacology, surgery and the Roman army -- The rise of Methodism -- Humoral alternatives   -- The life and career of Galen -- Galenic medicine -- All sorts and conditions of (mainly) men -- Medicine and the religions of the Roman Empire -- Medicine in the later Roman Empire. 
<br/><br/> Combining archaeological evidence with the witness of written texts, Vivian Nutton offers a detailed history of medicine & medical knowledge in the ancient world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415368480 (pbk.) 9780415368483 (pbk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine, Ancient.<br/>Physicians--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R135  / .N88 2004