Epidemics in context
Subtitle: Greek commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic tradition
By: edited by Peter E. Pormann
Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica -- v. 8
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng; ara; grc
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9783110259797
Subjects: Arab Medicine; Greek and Roman Medicine
Description: "The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen's Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. However, they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates these texts from various and diverse vantage points: textual criticism; Greek philology; knowledge transfer through translations; and medical history. Especially the Syriac and Arabic traditions of the Epidemics come under scrutiny."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.