HIST 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Edwin Smith Papyrus, Ancient Greek Medicine, Gnosis
13 Sep 2016
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Lecture #3 sept 13 (continuation of lecture 2) Magic and prayer for diseases beyond manual skill . Case 19: a minor perforation of the temple. Title: practices for a perforation in his temple. The egyptian dynamic view of body and disease. Body = not structures but channels (metu) Therapies arrest corruption, address condition of channels (to treat = to embalm) Greek medicine (beginning of lecture 3): logos and art in classical antiquity. Logos = logical meaning reckoning, speech, critical thought, logic, array of verbal and mental activities that can be applied to understanding what medicine is as well as what the doctor should do. Nature as a process or as a thing. Outside the realm of human or divine. Our bodies have a nature as a body. Our bodies functions in accordance with its nature. Body functions in accord with its nature. Disease functions in accord in with its nature. Connected to the latin word of born (nativity)
