Medicine and the Body in Antiquity
About the Book Series
Medicine and the Body in Antiquity is a series which fosters interdisciplinary research that broadens our understanding of past beliefs about the body and its care. The intention of the series is to use evidence drawn from diverse sources (textual, archaeological, epigraphic) in an interpretative manner to gain insights into the medical practices and beliefs of the ancient Mediterranean. The series approaches medical history from a broad thematic perspective that allows for collaboration between specialists from a wide range of disciplines outside ancient history and archaeology such as art history, religious studies, medicine, the natural sciences and music. The series will also aim to bring research on ancient medicine to the attention of scholars concerned with later periods. Ultimately this series provides a forum for scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore ideas about the body and medicine beyond the confines of current scholarship.
For further information about contributing to the series please contact Dr Patricia Baker at [email protected].
Selling Pharmaka, Buying Health in Ancient Greece and Rome: Retail Therapy
1st Edition
By Laurence Totelin
January 05, 2026
In antiquity, selling pharmacological preparations and recipes could mean very big business indeed. The import and trade of exotic pharmacological ingredients, in particular those coming from India, has received some scholarly attention but the process whereby these ingredients were combined into ...
Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought: Presocratic and Hippocratic Approaches
1st Edition
By Stephanie Holton
October 04, 2024
This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more varied, complex, and substantial than is usually credited. It explores how the Presocratic natural philosophers and early ...
Systems of Classification in Premodern Medical Cultures: Sickness, Health, and Local Epistemologies
1st Edition
Edited
By Ulrike Steinert
August 01, 2022
Systems of Classification in Premodern Medical Cultures puts historical disease concepts in cross-cultural perspective, investigating perceptions, constructions and experiences of health and illness from antiquity to the seventeenth century. Focusing on the systematisation and ...