The Rational Roots of Medical Science Between Greece and Egypt

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19402
dc.contributor.author	Reggiani Nicola
dc.title	The Rational Roots of Medical Science Between Greece and Egypt
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The chapter focuses on the most relevant features of Greek medicine in its historical development, highlighting the main factors of ‘rationality’ and ‘irrationality’ by means of a comparison with Egyptian medicine, in the attempt to outline a framework of interactions and cross‑connections.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-11-30
dc.dateAccepted	2024-03-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-11-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-776-0/the-rational-roots-of-medical-science-between-gree/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-777-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-776-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Egyptian medicine
dc.subject	Greek medicine
dc.subject	Magical medicine
dc.subject	Rational medicine
dc.subject	Religious medicine

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The Rational Roots of Medical Science Between Greece and Egypt

Nicola Reggiani Università degli Studi di Parma, Italia

abstract

The chapter focuses on the most relevant features of Greek medicine in its historical development, highlighting the main factors of ‘rationality’ and ‘irrationality’ by means of a comparison with Egyptian medicine, in the attempt to outline a framework of interactions and cross‑connections.

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Nov. 30, 2023

Accepted

March 4, 2024

Submitted

Nov. 7, 2023

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978-88-6969-777-7

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-776-0

Keywords: Magical medicine • Greek medicine • Religious medicine • Egyptian medicine • Rational medicine

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