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Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings
Frank HuismanTemkin, The Double Face, 8–11. 75. Owsei Temkin, “Geschichte des Hippokratismus im ausgehenden Altertum,” Kyklos: Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Philosophie der Medizin 4 (1932): 1-80, was Temkin's Habilitationschrift and was partly ...
Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians
Owsei TemkinTemkin shows how the perennial appeal of Hippocratic practice helped establish the relationship between scientific medicine and monotheistic religion.
The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of ...
Owsei TemkinThe essays gathered in this volume deal with all the topics that Temkin considered most important in his work. They were widely commended for their originality, intelligent analysis, and impressive continuity of thought.
"On Second Thought" and Other Essays in the History of ...
Owsei TemkinThe essays presented in this book span Dr. Temkin's career, bringing together new pieces and many previously unavailable outside the journals in which they were originally published.
The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks ...
Owsei TemkinFirst published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print in a new softcover edition.
A History of Public Health
George RosenThose interested in public health in the Greco-Roman world are likely to find the following sources helpful: Owsei Temkin, Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991); Geoffrey E. R. ...
Soranus' Gynecology
SoranusIncluding a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. An introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.
Claude Monet: Water Lilies
Ann TemkinThis lively volume recounts the history of Monet's water lilies at the Museum and, through interviews with contemporary artists, underscores the paintings' resonance with the art and artists of the last half-century.
Alice Neel
Ann TempkinThis full-scale examination of the life & work of Alice Neel, one of the century's most powerfully original portraitists, includes essays by Ann Temkin, Susan Rothenberg, & Richard Flood.
Luis de Carvajal: The Origins of Nuevo Reino de León
Samuel TemkinThis book is a biography of Carvajal and is based on documents that were written during his life or soon after his death. The narrative follows him from birth to death and describes the actions he took to give rise to Nuevo Reino de Leon.
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