Overview
The recurring problems of eye disease in Egypt account for the importance that ophthalmology has always had in this country. Eye diseases and their treatment in Greco-Roman Egypt are documented by an insufficiently known body of material: Greek literary papyri, which are often the only witnesses to lost medical works and which provide evidence of original theories, practices and terminology. The first part of the book provides an introduction to ancient ophthalmology, to the medical literature of Greco-Roman Egypt and to Greek medical vocabulary. The second part presents a critical edition (with a French translation and commentary) of the papyri, which is accompanied by theoretical expositions and a chapter on ophthalmic recipes.
Full Product Details
Author: Marie-Hélène Marganne
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 8
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.474kg
ISBN: 9789004099074
ISBN 10: 9004099077
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 April 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Leather / fine binding
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: French
Reviews
' The specialist will gain considerable benefit from this scholarly work, and those who want to know something about ancient ophtalmology would do far worse than begin here. ' Medical History , 1995. ' ...fascinating and well documented book...The reconstruction of these papyrii is a very valuable contribution to ophthalmic history which is enhanced by the clarity of the exposition and the detail of the presentation. ' V.J. Marmion, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences , 1998.
' The specialist will gain considerable benefit from this scholarly work, and those who want to know something about ancient ophtalmology would do far worse than begin here.'<br> Medical History, 1995.<br>'.. .fascinating and well documented book...The reconstruction of these papyrii is a very valuable contribution to ophthalmic history which is enhanced by the clarity of the exposition and the detail of the presentation.'<br>V.J. Marmion, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 1998.<br>
Author Information
Marie-Hélène Marganne holds a doctorate from the University of Liège and now works on the Catalogue of Greek and Latin literary Papyri (Pack³) at the Centre de Documentation de Papyrologie Littéraire (CEDOPAL) of the University of Liège. She is the author of the Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève, 1981), as well as of several articles on the history of ancient medicine, in particular in Greco-Roman Egypt.
