Diseases in the ancient Greek world

Translators' NoteAuthor's PrefaceIntroduction. The Conceptualization of Pathological EventsChapter 1. Literary Reflections of Pathological RealityChapter 2. Paleopathology: Evidence from Ancient Bones on Diseases in GreeceChapter 3. Paleodemography: Evidence from Ancient Bones on the Conditions of Daily Life in GreeceChapter 4. Common Purulent InflammationsChapter 5. The Origin and Spread of SyphilisChapter 6. Leprosy: The Gradual Spread of an Endemic DiseaseChapter 7. Tuberculosis: A Great KillerChapter 8. Leprosy and Tuberculosis: Their Biological RelationshipChapter 9. The Harm in Broad Beans: Legend and RealityChapter 10. Porotic Hyperostosis, Hereditary Anemias, and MalariaChapter 11. The Hippocratic Conception of Disease: An Exemplary Clinical ReportChapter 12. The Constitution of a Winter in Thrace: The "Cough of Perinthus"Chapter 13. A Dialogue Between a Philologist and a PhysicianNotesIndex