Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians

by Owsei Temkin and Professor Owsei Temkin

Book Overview

In Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians, Temkin shows how the perennial appeal of Hippocratic practice helped establish the relationship between scientific medicine and monotheistic religion. After the first century, Hippocratic medicine competed with powerful beliefs in religious healers from Asclepius to Jesus. Yet the ascendance of Christianity, Temkin explains, did not diminish the stature of Hippocratic science. Hippocrates,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801851297
• ISBN13: 9780801851292
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"