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Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 (1984)

All of the articles published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 (1984)

John Scarborough, “Symposium on Byzantine Medicine: Introduction,” ix–xvi.

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Vivian Nutton, “From Galen to Alexander, Aspects of Medicine and Medical Practice in Late Antiquity,” 1–14.

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Barry Baldwin, “Beyond the House Call: Doctors in Early Byzantine History and Politics,” 15–19.

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John Duffy, “Byzantine Medicine in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries: Aspects of Teaching and Practice,” 21–27.

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Joseph A. M. Sonderkamp, “Theophanes Nonnus: Medicine in the Circle of Constantine Porphyrogenitus,” 29–41.

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A. Kazhdan, “The Image of the Medical Doctor in Byzantine Literature of the Tenth to Twelfth Centuries,” 43–51.

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Timothy S. Miller, “Byzantine Hospitals,” 53–63.

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Gary Vikan, “Art, Medicine, and Magic in Early Byzantium,” 65–86.

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Susan Ashbrook Harvey, “Physicians and Ascetics in John of Ephesus: An Expedient Alliance,” 87–93.

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John M. Riddle, “Byzantine Commentaries on Dioscorides,” 95–102.

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Robert B. Todd, “Philosophy and Medicine in John Philoponus’ Commentary on Aristotle’s ‘De Anima,’” 103–10.

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Anne-Marie Doyen-Higuet, “The ‘Hippiatrica’ and Byzantine Veterinary Medicine,” 111–20.

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Armin Hohlweg, “John Actuarius’ ‘De Methodo Medendi’—On the New Edition,” 121–33.

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Michael Dols, “Insanity in Byzantine and Islamic Medicine,” 135–48.

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Jean Théodoridès, “Rabies in Byzantine Medicine,” 149–58.

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Robert Renehan, “Meletius’ Chapter on the Eyes: An Unidentified Source,” 159–68.

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Emilie Savage-Smith, “Hellenistic and Byzantine Ophthalmology: Trachoma and Sequelae,” 169–86.

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Lawrence J. Bliquez, “Two Lists of Greek Surgical Instruments and the State of Surgery in Byzantine Times,” 187–204.

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Jerry Stannard, “Aspects of Byzantine Materia Medica,” 205–11.

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John Scarborough, “Early Byzantine Pharmacology,” 213–32.

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Elinor Lieber, “Asaf’s ‘Book of Medicines’: A Hebrew Encyclopedia of Greek and Jewish Medicine, Possibly Compiled in Byzantium on an Indian Model,” 233–49.

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Gerhard Baader, “Early Medieval Latin Adaptations of Byzantine Medicine in Western Europe,” 251–59.

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