Greek Rational Medicine
Philosophy and Medicine from Alcmaeon to the Alexandrians
By James Longrigg
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-02594-2
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st July 1993
- Pages: 308
- Illustrations: 1 table and 3 line drawings
About the Book
The ancient Greek medical thinkers were profoundly influenced by Ionian natural philosophy. This philosophy caused them to adopt a radically new attitude towards disease and healing. James Longrigg shows how their rational attitudes ultimately resulted in levels of sophistication largely unsurpassed until the Renaissance. He examines the important relationship between philosophy and medicine in ancient Greece and beyond, and reveals its significance for contemporary western practice and theory.
