Hippocrates Now : The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet Age
King, Helen
Hippocrates Now : The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet Age - London Bloomsbury Academic 20190207
Open Access
This book challenges widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about ancient Greek medicine) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Through the lens of reception studies Helen King considers what ‘Hippocrates’ means today. He features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine – and the physician himself – should be. In ethics, as well as in actual treatments recommended by both orthodox and alternative medicine, ‘Hippocrates’ still features as a model to be emulated. Why do we continue to use him in this way, and how are new myths constructed around his name? And what can this tell us about popular engagements with the classical world today?
Creative Commons
English
9781350005921 9781350005914;9781350005907
10.5040/9781350005921 doi
History of medicine
Classics
Hippocrates Now : The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet Age - London Bloomsbury Academic 20190207
Open Access
This book challenges widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about ancient Greek medicine) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Through the lens of reception studies Helen King considers what ‘Hippocrates’ means today. He features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine – and the physician himself – should be. In ethics, as well as in actual treatments recommended by both orthodox and alternative medicine, ‘Hippocrates’ still features as a model to be emulated. Why do we continue to use him in this way, and how are new myths constructed around his name? And what can this tell us about popular engagements with the classical world today?
Creative Commons
English
9781350005921 9781350005914;9781350005907
10.5040/9781350005921 doi
History of medicine
Classics