Time and ancient medicine : how sundials and water clocks changed medical science /

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'Time and Ancient Medicine' is the first monograph to explore, on the one hand, how the introduction of new timekeeping technologies (namely, sundials and water clocks) affected the practice, rhetoric, and philosophy of ancient medicine and, on the other hand, how medical timekeeping pract...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Miller, Kassandra J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Zusammenfassung:
'Time and Ancient Medicine' is the first monograph to explore, on the one hand, how the introduction of new timekeeping technologies (namely, sundials and water clocks) affected the practice, rhetoric, and philosophy of ancient medicine and, on the other hand, how medical timekeeping practices affected engagement with time elsewhere in society.
Umfang:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-199385-9
0-19-888519-9
0-19-888518-0
Schlagworte:
Medicine, Ancient.
Sundials > History.
Water clocks > History.
Science.
Astronomy, space & time.
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