Cris et Bruits des Malades dans la Collection Hippocratique
Divna Soleil
Abstract: This paper deals with the Hippocratic descriptions of screams and other noises produced by the patient’s body. Eight treatises are examined: Epidemics, The Sacred Disease, Ancient Medicine, Prognosis, On Diseases II, Aphorisms, Places in Man and Superfetation. We are interested in the way the Hippocratic physician perceives the sounds produced by the patient and the relationship between the observation and the underlying medical theory. The contexts in which notes about patient’s noises appear are closely examined and compared to other contemporary descriptions of noises, like the famous hiccup of Aristophanes in Plato’s Symposium. Hippocratic doctor, it will be argued, is influenced in his observation by some non-medical ideas. We will also try to determine the prognostic value that some sounds, like the scream and the hiccup, have in the Hippocratic writings.
Key words: sound, voice, patient, Ancient Greek Medicine, Corpus Hippocraticum
Médecine et religion dans l’égypte Gréco-romaine
Marie-Hélène Marganne
Abstract: This paper examines the links between medicine and religion in Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, particularly in the light of the papyrological sources, as well as the question of continuity and change after the emergence of Christianity.
Key words: History of ancient medicine, Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, Egyptian religion, Greek religion, Christianity
Les Papyrus Iatromagiques Grecs de Kellis
Magalie De Haro Sanchez
Abstract: The excavations conducted since the end of the 20th century in the ancient village of Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab) have brought to light a considerable amount of texts, as well as precious information about the everyday life of its inhabitants. Among the documents discovered, there are three papyri and a tablet classified as iatromagical. This paper offers a description of these objects and of the site of ancient Kellis, followed by a discussion of their socio-cultural context and their conditions of writing.
Key words: papyrus, magic, Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab)