Mirko D. Grmek is Director of Studies at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the Sorbonne. From 1981 to 1985 he served as president of the International Academy of the History of Science. The author of books in three languages, he has published extensively in the field of the epistemology and history of medicine and life sciences.

A fascinating view of the paleopathologist at work... [Grmek] has obviously made a major contribution both to his own special field and to the understanding of the archaeological finds and literary remains of antiquity. -- Phillip de Lacy Classical World Any student or scholar who wishes to pursue almost any topic in the field of disease in ancient Greece will find this book invaluable. Times Literary Supplement

• 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

Mirko D. Grmek is Director of Studies at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the Sorbonne. From 1981 to 1985 he served as president of the International Academy of the History of Science. The author of books in three languages, he has published extensively in the field of the epistemology and history of medicine and life sciences.

A fascinating view of the paleopathologist at work... [Grmek] has obviously made a major contribution both to his own special field and to the understanding of the archaeological finds and literary remains of antiquity. -- Phillip de Lacy Classical World Any student or scholar who wishes to pursue almost any topic in the field of disease in ancient Greece will find this book invaluable. Times Literary Supplement

• 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