Tools and the organism : technology and the body in ancient Greek and Roman medicine / Colin Webster.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, 2023.
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Abbreviations. Notes on translations, names, citations and editions. Introduction. 1. Hippocrates and technological interfaces 2. The origins of the organism 3. Aristotle and the emergence of the organims 4. The rise of the organism in the Hellenistic period 5. The organism and its alternatives 6. Galen and the technologies of the vitalist organism. Conclusion. Acknowledgments. Bibliography. Index
