Food as Therapy
Subtitle: Elements of the History of Nutrition in Ancient Greece and Rome
Publisher: Teatro Vocali Edizioni
Published: October 2012
Place of publication: Castellazzo Bormida (AL), Italy
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 73
Description: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Food as Therapy. Elements of the History of Nutrition in Ancient Greece and Rome, International University of Pollenzo - UNISG, Teatro Vocali Edizioni (Collana "Fiori di Cactus" N. 11, ISSN 2240-7782), Castellazzo Bormida 2012

The book discusses the theme of the History of Nutrition and Dietetics in Ancient Greece and Rome, in the ambit of the study of the History of Greek and Roman Medicine, and is structured as an essay that follows the development of the Greek and Roman Medicine from the formation of the first 'nucleus' of the "Corpus Hippocraticum" to the works of Galen of Pergamon, marking the close interconnection and interdependence between Greek and Roman Medicine. Each theoretical section inherent in the History of Literature and in the History of Science (in particular the parts dedicated to the Hippocratic writings and to the treatises of Galen of Pergamon) is combined with a corresponding anthological section that collects the most important texts related to Dietetics and Diet-therapy taken from the same above mentioned works. The book is also an exhaustive discussion regarding Dietetics and Diet-therapy in the Ancient World.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
title: 5; label: The Works of the Corpus Hippocraticum and the Origins of Dietetics and Dietotherapy in Western Medicine
title: 7; label: Summary Overview About Hippocrates
title: 19; label: Soranus About Hippocrates
title: 22; label: Hippocratic Image
title: 23; label: Legends About Hippocrates
title: 24; label: Roman Medicine. A Short Introduction
title: 24; label: Achievements of Roman Medicine
title: 26; label: Herbal Medicine in Ancient Rome
title: 29; label: Medications in Ancient Rome
title: 29; label: Some Famous Physicians of Ancient Rome
title: 30; label: Dietetics in Ancient Rome
title: 34; label: Claudius Galenus and the Developments of Dietetics and Dietotherapy in Roman Medicine
title: 38; label: Galen and Hippocrates
title: 43; label: Galen and Dietetics
title: 44; label: Bibliography
title: 71