Singer, Peter N. and Thumiger, C. (2018) Introduction. Disease classification and mental illness: ancient and modern perspectives. In: Singer, Peter N. and Thumiger, C. (eds.) Mental Illness in Ancient Medicine: From Celsus to Paul of Aegina. Studies in Ancient Medicine 50. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, pp. 1-32. ISBN 9789004362727.
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Abstract
The introduction sets out the intellectual issues and methodological challenges involved in researching ancient medical notions of mental illness, taking account of recent philosophical as well as historical work. It proceeds to give an overview of the key medical authors of the imperial and early Byzantine period and their definitional and practical approaches to mental illness, from Celsus at the turn of the millennium to Paul of Aegina in the seventh century.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Ancient medicine, history of psychiatry, psyche, Celsus, Galen |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Peter Singer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2019 06:56 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/25302 |
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