Description: Hippocrates Now : The Father of Medicine in the Internet Age, Hardcover by King, Helen, ISBN 1350005894, ISBN-13 9781350005891, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book is available as open access through the Knowledge Unlatched programme and is available on . We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine – and the physician himself – should be. In both orthodox and alternative medicine, he continues to be a model to be emulated. This book will challenge widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about the history of medicine in ancient Greece and beyond) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Why do we continue to use Hippocrates, and how are new myths constructed around his name? How do news stories and the internet contribute to our picture of him? And what can this tell us about wider popular engagements with the classical world today, in memes, 'quotes' and online?
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Book Title: Hippocrates Now : The Father of Medicine in the Internet Age
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Hippocrates Now : the 'father of Medicine' in the Internet Age
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Ancient / General, Cultural Heritage, Ancient / Greece, Medical, History
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 19.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Helen King
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History, Medical
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
