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" Dreams, healing, and medicine in Greece "
edited by Steven M. Oberhelman
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BL
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642395
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Dreams, healing, and medicine in Greece : from antiquity to the present /\ edited by Steven M. Oberhelman
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Farnham, Surrey :: Ashgate Publishing Company,, [2013]
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1 online resource (pages)
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9781409424246
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: 1409424243
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9781409424239
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1409424235
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This volume centers on dreams in Greek medicine from the fifth-century B.C.E. Hippocratic Regimen down to the modern era. Medicine is here defined in a wider sense than just formal medical praxis, and includes non-formal medical healing methods such as folk pharmacopeia, religion, 'magical' methods (e.g., amulets, exorcisms, and spells), and home remedies. This volume examines how in Greek culture dreams have played an integral part in formal and non-formal means of healing. The papers are organized into three major diachronic periods: classical Greek through late Roman, the Byzantine era, and
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Medicine, Ancient
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Medicine-- Greece
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Medical innovations-- History
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Medical innovations -- History
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Medicine -- Greece
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Medicine, Ancient
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610.938
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R135.D74 2013eb
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Oberhelman, Steven M.
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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ProQuest (Firm)
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