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Author: Kristi Upson-Saia ,
Heidi Marx ,
Jared Secord
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.862kg
ISBN: 9780520299726
ISBN 10: 0520299728
Pages: 487
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""An admirably imaginative, clear, wide-ranging, informative and stimulating introduction to ancient medicine."" * Classics for All * ""Plentiful illustrations, pedagogically soundly placed and well discussed definitions, helpful maps, concise and clear glossaries, and tabular overviews will greatly facilitate acquisition of knowledge relating to many basic aspects of ancient medicine."" * Greece & Rome *"
"""An admirably imaginative, clear, wide-ranging, informative and stimulating introduction to ancient medicine."" * Classics for All * ""Plentiful illustrations, pedagogically soundly placed and well discussed definitions, helpful maps, concise and clear glossaries, and tabular overviews will greatly facilitate acquisition of knowledge relating to many basic aspects of ancient medicine."" * Greece & Rome * ""The authors of this source book have compiled a significant and helpful corpus of both texts and images for the study of ancient health. It will prove useful and informative for undergraduate courses focusing on ancient health, and could easily be incorporated into larger survey courses at the upper undergraduate and graduate level."" * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"
""An admirably imaginative, clear, wide-ranging, informative and stimulating introduction to ancient medicine."" * Classics for All * ""Plentiful illustrations, pedagogically soundly placed and well discussed definitions, helpful maps, concise and clear glossaries, and tabular overviews will greatly facilitate acquisition of knowledge relating to many basic aspects of ancient medicine."" * Greece & Rome * ""The authors of this source book have compiled a significant and helpful corpus of both texts and images for the study of ancient health. It will prove useful and informative for undergraduate courses focusing on ancient health, and could easily be incorporated into larger survey courses at the upper undergraduate and graduate level."" * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * ""This book is a worthy invitation to a historical and historians’ view of how health, healing and medicine were understood in different times."" * Studies in Religion *
"""An admirably imaginative, clear, wide-ranging, informative and stimulating introduction to ancient medicine."" * Classics for All *"
Author Information
Kristi Upson-Saia is David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religion at Occidental College. She is also Co-Founder/Co-Director of ReMeDHe, an international working group on religion, medicine, disability, and health in late antiquity. Heidi Marx is Professor of Religion and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba. She is also Co-Founder/Co-Director of ReMeDHe. Jared Secord is Coordinator of Scholars Programs at the University of Calgary. He previously taught at the University of Chicago and Washington State University and is author of Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire: From Justin Martyr to Origen.
