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Book/Printed Material Hippocrates now : the "father of medicine" in the internet age

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Title

  • Hippocrates now : the "father of medicine" in the internet age

Summary

  • "We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine -- and the physician himself -- should be. In both orthodox and alternative medicine, he continues to be a model to be emulated. This book will challenge widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about the history of medicine in ancient Greece and beyond) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Why do we continue to use Hippocrates, and how are new myths constructed around his name? How do news stories and the internet contribute to our picture of him? And what can this tell us about wider popular engagements with the classical world today, in memes, 'quotes' and online?"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • King, Helen, 1957- author.

Created / Published

  • London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Contents

  • What we know about Hippocrates -- What we thought we knew -- Sabotaging the story : what Hippocrates didn't write -- Needing a bit of information : Hippocrates in the news -- Hippocrates in quotes -- Let food be thy medicine -- The holistic Hippocrates : "Treating the patient, not just the disease" -- Conclusion: Strange remedies?

Headings

  • -  Hippocrates--In mass media
  • -  Hippocrates--Influence
  • -  Hippocrates
  • -  Medicine--Historiography
  • -  Medicine, Greek and Roman--In mass media
  • -  Physicians--Greece--Biography
  • -  Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Biography--Sources

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • R126.H8

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019980524

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

King, Helen, Author. Hippocrates Now: The "Father of Medicine" in the Internet Age. London ; New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019980524/.

APA citation style:

King, H. (2019) Hippocrates Now: The "Father of Medicine" in the Internet Age. London ; New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019980524/.

MLA citation style:

King, Helen, Author. Hippocrates Now: The "Father of Medicine" in the Internet Age. London ; New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019980524/>.