John the Physician's Therapeutics

A Medical Handbook in Vernacular Greek
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17723-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 377 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 758 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

The Therapeutics of John the Physician is a medical handbook from the thirteenth century, holding important new evidence on medicine as craft. Of particular interest is a vernacular version of the text, which also contains a commentary. Here, an unknown reviser vividly describes cases and medical procedures, a type of knowledge rarely encountered in scholarly texts. In the present volume, the Therapeutics is published for the first time, along with a translation and an introduction to the topic. Apart from insights into medical history, the text also yields a large quantity of new material on the medical terminology used in everyday language and brings to life the development from ancient to modern Greek. The editorial technique may be of interest to those working on digital humanities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zipser, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Zipser, Dr. Phil. (2003) in Latin and Greek, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, works on a Wellcome Trust funded project at Royal Holloway University of London. She has published on Greek and Arabic medicine and on the history of books.