Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt

Examining all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies' Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.

About the author

Philippa Lang, Ph.D. (2001) in Classics, University of Cambridge, is Associate Professor of Classics at Emory University. She has published on Hellenistic medicine and classical philosophy, and is the author of two commentaries for Brill's New Jacoby.

Product details

• Authors: Philippa Lang
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9789004218581
• ISBN: 978-90-04-21858-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 654 g
• Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity