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Medicine in Homer de Eric Altschuler

Medicine in Homer

Editat de Eric Altschuler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 aug 2025
Medicine in Homer explores injuries in the great epic poems of Homer from the perspective of contemporary medical professionals. This foundational text describes injuries included in both Odyssey and The Iliad, drawing on connections to neurology, toxicology, and genetics in ancient Greek times. As human anatomy remains unchanged, a careful study of trauma anatomy in Homer provides a unique window into the epics, their composition, and the development of medicine available today.

  • Discusses the war injuries and care in Homer's epics through an anatomical and medical point-of-view
  • Includes clearly labeled drawings and illustrations
  • Discusses the implications of studying medicine in Homer
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780443329784
ISBN-10: 0443329788
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 1.12 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Cuprins

Section 1 Introduction
1. Introduction, synopsis of chapters and the Homeric question
2. Homer and orthopaedics
3. Physicians and other medical personnel in Homer
4. Thersites’ cleidocranial dysostosis and the story of the Iliad and Odyssey
5. Which translation of Homer should you use?

Section 2 Trauma in Homer
6. A trauma registry of Homer’s Iliad
7. A trauma registry of Homer’s Odyssey
8. Trauma medicine in Homer
9. Upper extremity injuries in Homer
10. Chest trauma in Homer
11. Abdominal trauma in Homer
12. Lower extremity injuries in Homer
13. Maxillofacial trauma in Homer
14. Trauma in Homer: A classicist’s analysis and perspective

Section 3 Neurology, Toxicology, Infectious Disease and Genetics in Homer
15. Neurotrauma and other neurology in Homer
16. A Case of antisocial personality disorder in Home
17. Plants, poisons, potions and plague in Homer
18. Eight generation genealogy of Homer’s Trojans

Section 4 Further Perspectives on Medicine in Homer
19. Dating Homer’s linguistics with genetic methods
20. The Iliad’s and Odyssey's mythological networks
21. Did Homer write both the Iliad and the Odyssey?
22. Earthworks and geology in Homer
23. Women in Homer: A veteran’s perspective
24. War and medicine in Homer: a combat veteran’s perspective
25. Conclusion and future studies