Approaches To Healing In Roman Egypt

Author : Jane Louise Draycott
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 1407310143

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Approaches to Healing in Roman Egypt by Jane Louise Draycott Pdf

It refines the study of healing within Roman provincial culture, identifies diagnostic features of healing in material culture and offers a more contextualised reading of ancient medical literary and documentary papyri and archaeological evidence. This study differs from previous attempts to examine healing in Roman Egypt in that it tries, as far as possible, to encompass the full spectrum of healing strategies available to the inhabitants of the province. The first part of this study comprises two chapters and focuses on the practitioners of healing strategies, both 'professional' and 'amateur'. Chapter 2 examines those areas of ancient medicine that have traditionally been neglected or summarily dismissed by scholars: 'domestic' and 'folk' medicine with particular emphasis on the extent to which the specific natural environment of any given location affects healing strategies.

Author : Effie Gemi-Iordanou,Stephen Gordon,Robert Matthew,Ellen McInnes
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781782971580

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Medicine, Healing and Performance by Effie Gemi-Iordanou,Stephen Gordon,Robert Matthew,Ellen McInnes Pdf

Whether it is the binding of shattered bones or the creation of herbal remedies, human agency is a central feature of the healing process. Both archaeological and anthropological research has contributed much to our understanding of the performative aspects of medicine. The papers contained in this volume, based on a session conducted at the 2010 Theoretical Archaeology Conference, take a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, addressing such issues as the cultural conception of disease; the impact of gender roles on healing strategies; the possibilities afforded by syncretism; the relationship between material culture and the body; and the role played by the active agency of the sick.

Author : Philippa Lang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004218581

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Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt by Philippa Lang Pdf

Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain. Topics include the environmental and demographic background, perceptions of Greek and Egyptian medicine, the intersection between religion and healing, interactions on the theoretical and textual plane, diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics in practice, and the range of medical practitioners. The book concludes with a case study of medicine in Ptolemaic Alexandria.

Author : Rosalie David,Roger Forshaw
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837644650

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Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David,Roger Forshaw Pdf

Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt provides a new perspective on healthcare and healing treatments in Egypt from the Predynastic to the Roman periods. Rather than concentrating exclusively on diseases and medical conditions as evidenced in ancient sources, it provides a ‘people-focused’ perspective, asking what it was like to be ill or disabled in this society? Who were the healers? To what extent did disease occurrence and treatment reflect individual social status? As well as geographical, environmental and dietary factors, which undoubtedly affected general health, some groups were prone to specific hazards. These are discussed in detail, including soldiers’ experience of trauma, wounds and exposure to epidemics; and conditions - blindness, sand pneumoconiosis, trauma and limb amputations – resulting from working conditions at building and other sites. Methods of diagnosis and treatment were derived from special concepts about disease and medical ethics. These are explored, as well as the individual contributions and professional interactions of various groups of healers and carers. Medical training and practice occurred in various locations, including temples and battlefields; these are described, as well as the treatments and equipment that were available. Ancient writers generally praised the Egyptian healers’ knowledge, expertise, and professional relationship with their patients. A brief comparison is drawn between this approach and those prevailing elsewhere in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome. Finally, Egypt’s legacy, transmitted through Greek, Roman and Arabic sources, is confirmed as the source of some principles and practices still found in modern ‘Western’ medicine. Combining information from the latest studies on human remains and the authors’ biomedical research, this book brings the subject up to date, enabling a wide readership to access often scattered information in a fascinating synthesis.

Author : Anna Lucille Boozer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108830928

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At Home in Roman Egypt by Anna Lucille Boozer Pdf

This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change.

Author : Laura M. Zucconi
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781467457514

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Ancient Medicine by Laura M. Zucconi Pdf

This book by Laura Zucconi is an accessible introductory text to the practice and theory of medicine in the ancient world. In contrast to other works that focus heavily on Greece and Rome, Zucconi’s Ancient Medicine covers a broader geographical and chronological range. The world of medicine in antiquity consisted of a lot more than Hippocrates and Galen. Zucconi applies historical and anthropological methods to examine the medical cultures of not only Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome but also the Levant, the Anatolian Peninsula, and the Iranian Plateau. Devoting special attention to the fundamental relationship between medicine and theology, Zucconi’s one-volume introduction brings the physicians, patients, procedures, medicines, and ideas of the past to light.

Author : John S. Kloppenborg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110710397

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Ptolemaic and Early Roman Egypt by John S. Kloppenborg Pdf

Private associations organized around a common cult, occupation, ethnic identity, neighborhood or family were among the principal means of organizing social and economic life in the ancient Mediterranean. They offered opportunities for sociability, cultic activities, mutual support and contexts in which to display and recognize virtuous achievement. This volume collects 140 inscriptions and papyri from Ptolemaic and early Roman Egypt, along with translations, notes, commentary, and analytic indices. The dossier of association-related documents substantially enhances our knowledge of the extent, activities, and importance of private associations in the ancient Mediterranean, since papyri, unavailable from most other locations in the Mediterranean, preserve a much wider range of data than epigraphical monuments. The dossier from Egypt includes not only honorific decrees, membership lists, bylaws, dedications, and funerary monuments, but monthly accounts of expenditures and income, correspondence between guild secretaries and local officials, price and tax declarations, records of legal actions concerning associations, loan documents, petitions to local authorities about associations, letters of resignation, and many other papyrological genres. These documents provide a highly variegated picture of the governance structures and practices of associations, membership sizes and profiles, and forms of interaction with the State.

Author : David Macbeth Moir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Medicine
ISBN : OXFORD:600005989

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Outlines of the Ancient History of Medicine by David Macbeth Moir Pdf

Author : Morris L. Bierbrier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538157503

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Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, Third Edition covers the whole range of the history of ancient Egypt from the Prehistoric Period until the end of Roman rule in Egypt based on the latest information provided by academic scholars and archaeologists. This is done through a revised introduction on the history of ancient Egypt, the dictionary section has over 1,000 dictionary entries on historical figures, geographical locations, important institutions and other facets of ancient Egyptian civilization. This is followed by two appendices one of which is a chronological table of Egyptian rulers and governors and the other a list of all known museums which contain ancient Egyptian objects. The volume ends with a detailed bibliography of Egyptian historical periods, archaeological sites, general topics such as pyramids, languages and arts and crafts and the publications of Egyptian material in museums throughout the world.

Author : Laura Battini,Aaron Brody,Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803271576

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No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households by Laura Battini,Aaron Brody,Sharon R. Steadman Pdf

This book had its genesis in a series of 6 popular and well-attended ASOR conference sessions on Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East. The 18 chapters are organized in three thematic sections: Architecture as Archive of Social Space; The Active Household; and Ritual Space at Home.

Author : Lisa Sabbahy
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617977282

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Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians by Lisa Sabbahy Pdf

This updated and expanded annotated bibliography presents and describes over 1,200 books, dissertations, excavation reports, and articles relevant to the paleopathology of the ancient Egyptians from the fields of Egyptology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and medicine, making it possible for scholars in these different fields to keep current with the latest finds and results. Each source has a short annotation explaining its relevant pathological information, so that scholars can ascertain whether or not any particular source is germane to their own research, and see what is being studied and published by others. In particular, this bibliography will be an immense help to scholars outside the field of Egyptology who want to know about the newest excavations with human remains. It will be indispensable to scholars as well as non-specialists who are intrigued by this area of study, particularly forensic pathologists, medical researchers, historians of medicine, and mummy enthusiasts.

Author : Christopher Faraone,Sofia Torallas Tovar
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472133277

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The Greco-Egyptian Magical Formularies by Christopher Faraone,Sofia Torallas Tovar Pdf

Essays on the magical handbooks of Greco-Roman Egypt

Author : Caroline T. Schroeder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107156876

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Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism by Caroline T. Schroeder Pdf

Early Christian asceticism emphasized renunciation of family, while Egyptian monks in late antiquity cared for children.

Author : Christian Laes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317231530

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Disability in Antiquity by Christian Laes Pdf

This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity and disability from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in various media. The volume is not confined to a narrow view of ‘antiquity’ but includes a large number of pieces on ancient western Asia that provide a broad and comparative view of the topic and enable scholars to see this important topic in the round. Disability in Antiquity is the first multidisciplinary volume to truly map out and explore the topic of disability in the ancient world and create new avenues of thought and research.

Author : Jane Draycott
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110724257

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Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games by Jane Draycott Pdf

This volume focuses on the depiction of women in video games set in historical periods or archaeological contexts, explores the tension between historical and archaeological accuracy and authenticity, examines portrayals of women in historical periods or archaeological contexts, portrayals of female historians and archaeologists, and portrayals of women in fantastical historical and archaeological contexts. It includes both triple A and independent video games, incorporating genres such as turn-based strategy, action-adventure, survival horror, and a variety of different types of role-playing games. Its chronological and geographical scope ranges from late third century BCE China, to mid first century BCE Egypt, to Pictish and Viking Europe, to Medieval Germany, to twentieth century Taiwan, and into the contemporary world, but it also ventures beyond our universe and into the fantasy realm of Hyrule and the science fiction solar system of the Nebula.