Ancient Greek Medicine in Questions and Answers: Diagnostics, Didactics, Dialectics

Ancient Greek Medicine in Questions and Answers: Diagnostics, Didactics, Dialectics
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
12 November 2020
Pages
242
ISBN
9789004437654

Ancient Greek Medicine in Questions and Answers: Diagnostics, Didactics, Dialectics

This volume provides a set of in-depth case studies about the role of questions and answers (Q&A) in ancient Greek medical writing from its Hippocratic beginnings up to, and including, Late Antiquity. The use of Q&A formulas is widely attested in ancient Greek medical texts, casting an intriguing light on its relevance for the medical art at large, and for ancient medical practice, education, and research in specific (diagnostics, didactics, dialectics). The book aims to break new grounds by exploring, for the first time, the wide complexity of this phenomenon while introducing a coherent approach. In so doing, it not only covers highly specialized medical treatises but also non-canonical authors and texts, including anonymous papyrus fragments and collections of problems.

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