Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.37.3, pp. 2678-2708
 
Medicine in Alexandria
by Robert J. Littman, Honolulu, Hawaii

Contents

Introduction 2678

I. Hellenistic Alexandria

2681

1. Egyptian Medicine

2681

2. Alexandrian Medicine vs. Native Egyptian Medicine

2683

3. Political Structure

2684

II. Patronage and Progress

2685
III. The Physicians 2692

IV. The Roman Period

2698

1. Dogmatists

2698

2. Methodists

2699

3. Empiricists

2700

4. Pneumatists

2702

5. Galen

2703
Bibliography of Works Cited 2706
ICT
ISCT
IJCT
ABCT
 
 
 College of Arts & Science
Boston University
 
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