| Tradition as the genealogy of truth Hippocrates and Boerhaave between assimilation, variation and deviation. | |
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PMID: 21560590 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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It is a matter of fact that rarely in the history of modern medicine has a physician gained such immediate and universal fame, and rarely has his contribution to medical knowledge and teaching been so promptly and almost unanimously recognized as a fundamental and, so to speak, a foundational one, as in the case of Boerhaave. In fact, the contribution he gave to provide medicine with a 'scientific' framework, and medical teaching with solid methodological bases, proved decisive. Otherwise, his appraisal of the Ancients (and especially of Hippocrates) and his will to refer to Hippocrates as a model for medical teaching were proverbial. Taking the corpus of his orations as a point of reference, I will thus try to elucidate 1) Boerhaave's main focus and theoretical goals; 2) the argumentative and methodological strategies he adopted in order to achieve them; 3) the position that the key-concept of 'tradition', the figure of Hippocrates, and the notion of 'Hippocratism' hold within these strategies. |
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Roberto Lo Presti |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Studies in ancient medicine Volume: 35 ISSN: 0925-1421 ISO Abbreviation: Stud Anc Med Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2011-05-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9112135 Medline TA: Stud Anc Med Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 475-522 Citation Subset: QIS |
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Department of Classical Philology of the Humboldt University of Berlin. |
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