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602 entries match Ancient [K01.400.470]
1986
#8235
Galen on bloodletting: A study of the origins, development and validity of his opinions, with a translation of the three works
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Bloodletting is thought to have been practiced by Greek physicians of the 5th century BCE. This study includes translation of Galeni de venae sectione adversus Erasistratum liber (162-163 CE), Galeni de venae sectione…
1986
#9419
Medicine in China: A history of pharmaceutics.
1987
#7358
Studies on Indian medical history, edited by G. Jan Meulenbeld and Dominik Wujastyk.
1987
#8270
Maimonides' commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates. Translated with a commentary by Fred Rosner
1987
#8315
The Ebers papyrus: A new English translation, commentaries and glossary by Paul Ghalioungui.
1988 –2006
#8568
Théophraste. Recherches sur les plantes. Texte établi et traduit par Suzanne Amigues. 5 vols.
1988
#8837
The body and society: Men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity.
"A groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lif…
1988
#8949
Instrumental medico-quirurgico en la hispania romana.
1988
#10643
Hippocrate, Oeuvres complètes, Tome V, 1ère partie: Des vents. De l'art. Texte établi et traduit par Jacques Jouanna.
Edition of the Greek text with facing French translation and commentary of On winds and On the art of medicine from the Hippocratic Corpus. Both treatises date to the final decades of the 5th cent. BCE. On winds claim…
1988
#11835
Doctors and diseases in the Roman Empire.
1988
#13810
La médecine égyptienne au temps des Pharaons.
1989
#18.1
Herophilus: The art of medicine in early Alexandria. Edition, translation and essays by H. von Staden.
The first comprehensive presentation of the ancient evidence for the achievements of Herophilus and his school, including edited versions of all original Greek and Latin texts plus English translations, with in-depth …
1989
#8392
Un traité égyptien d’ophiologie - Papyrus du Brooklyn Museum nos 47.218.48 et 85. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
Dating from about 450 BCE, this papyrus concerns snakes and the treatments for snake bites, and also the treatment of scorpion bites and spider bites.
1989
#8423
Index Hippocraticus Cui elaborando interfuerunt sodales Thesauri Linguae Graecae Hamburgensis. Edited by Joseph-Hans Kühn and Ulrich Fleischer.
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There have been several supplements, etc. "This index contains the entire vocabulary (with the exception of the article and a few particles) of the complete writings constituting the Corpus Hippocraticum. Quotations a…
1989
#8471
An ancient Egyptian herbal.
1989 –1990
#9043
Cuerpo humano e ideologia. Las concepciones de los antiguos nahauas. Third edition. 2 vols.
1989
#9140
De plantis: Five translated. Edited and introduced by H. J. Drossaart Lulofs and E. L. J. Poortman.
On Plants (De Plantis), sometimes attributed to Aristotle, is generally believed to have been written by Nicolaus of Damascus in the first century BCE. It is divided into two parts: "The first part discusses the natur…
1989
#10757
Historia general de las drogas.
The following works were issued separately and added as appendices to later editions: El libro de los venenos (1990), Para una fenomenología de las drogas (1992) and Aprendiendo de las drogas (1995). English translati…
1990
#7513
Aztec medicine, health, and nutrition.
1990
#9130
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Canon of Greek authors and works. Third edition.
"In addition to digitizing texts, the TLG developed the Canon of Greek Authors and Works, originally a "registry" of all works included or about to be included in the corpus. Over time the Canon developed into an indi…
1990
#10636
Hippocrate, Oeuvres complètes, Tome II, 1ère partie: De l'ancienne médecine. Texte établi et traduit par Jacques Jouanna.
One of the most emblematic treatises of the Hippocratic Collection. The author, a physician presumably associated with Hippocrates but otherwise unidentified, illustrates the value of scientific medicine sometime betw…
1991 –2007
#7415
A history of medicine. 6 vols.
Vol. 1: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (1991/1995), Vol. 2: Greek Medicine (1996), Vol. 3: Roman Medicine (1998), Vol. 4: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine (2001), Vol. 5: Medieval Medicine (2003), Vol. 6: Renaissance Me…
1991
#8125
Hippocrates in a world of pagans and Christians.
1991
#8343
A Hellenistic treatise on poisonous animals (the "Theriaca" of Nicander of Colophon): A contribution to the history of toxicology.
"... the authors review all the ancient treatises, ranged in chronological order, that cite Nicander at greater or lesser length, from Celsus up to Paul of Aegina - not less than thirteen authors. . . . Next follows a…
1991
#9096
Galen on the therapeutic method. Books I and II. Translated with an introduction and commentary by R. J. Hankinson.
First translation into a modern language of Books ! and II of De methodo medendi. Very extensive introduction, commentary and bibliography.
1992
#7170
Religious medicine: The history and evolution of Indian medicine.
1992
#9046
La medicina en el Ecuador prehispánico.
1992
#10436
Hippocrate.
Translated into English by M. B. DeBevoise as Hippocrates (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1999).
1992
#13533
Hippocrate.
Translated into English by M. B. DeBevoise as Hippocrates, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
1993
#8313
Cuneiform Monographs II: Epilepsy in Babylonia.
1993
#9963
A dictionary of medical terms in Galen.
1993
#10578
Bibliographie raisonnée des témoignages oculaires imprimes de l'Expédition d'Égypte (1798-1801).
A bibliography of publications, including those on medical subjects, issued from the Imprimerie national in Cairo established by Napoleon during the campaign, and also publications issued from Paris documenting inform…
1994
#8267
Medicine and hygiene in the works of Flavius Josephus.
1994
#8281
L'ophtalmologie dans l'Egypte gréco-romaine d'après les papyrus littéraires grecs.
1994
#11834
Roman surgical instruments and other minor objects in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. With a catalogue of the surgical instruments in the "Antiquarium" at Pompeii by Ralph Jackson.
Definitive analysis of the most extensive extant collection of Roman instruments.
1995
#8393
Les papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Traduction intégrale et commentaire.
French translations, with commentary of the Egyptian medical papyri.
1995
#8505
Illness and health care in the ancient Near East: The role of the temple in Greece, Mesopotamia, and Israel. Harvard Semitic Monographs, no. 54.
1996
#6983
Prospecting for drugs in ancient and medieval European texts. A scientific approach, edited by Bart K. Holland.
1996
#7079
Descriptive catalogue of the Hindi manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the the History of Medicine.
1996
#8319
Ancient Egyptian medicine.
This is the best comparatively brief, but sufficiently detailed, survey in English.
1996
#9435
Medicine, society and faith in the ancient and medieval worlds.
1996
#9757
Baths and bathing in classical antiquity.
Reviews and analyzes the structure, function, and design of baths, seeking to integrate their architecture with the wider social and cultural custom of bathing, and examining in particular the changes this custom unde…
1996
#10019
Hippocrate, Oeuvres complètes, Tome II, 2ème partie: Airs, eaux, lieux. Texte établi, traduit et annoté par Jacques Jouanna. (Collection des universités de France).
1997
#7102
Theriaka y Alexipharmaka de Nicandro.
Essays by Alain Touwaide, Jean Pierre Angremy, Christian Förstel and Grégoire Aslanoff concerning the 10th century Byzantine illuminated manuscript designated as "BnF Supplement grec 247." This spectacularly illustrat…
1997
#8225
Corpus Galenicum: Verzeichnis der galenischen und pseudogalenischen Schriften.
Revised edition 12/2012 is available online at this link: http://cmg.bbaw.de/online-publications/Galen-Bibliographie_2012_08_28.pdf
1997
#8226
Corpus Hippocraticum: Verzeichnis der hippokratischen und pseudohippokratischen Schriften.
Revised edition (2013) is available online at this link: http://cmg.bbaw.de/online-publikationen/hippokrates_2013_02.pdf
1997
#8273
Health and disease in the Holy Land: Studies in the history and sociology of medicine from ancient times to the present, edited by Manfred Waserman and Samuel S. Kotteck.
1997
#9344
Magie, médecine et divination chez les Celtes.
1997
#9369
Dieting for an emperor: A translation of books 1 and 4 of Oribasius' Medical Compilations with an introduction and commentary by Mark Grant.
1997
#9609