Medicine and philosophy - Classical Homeopathy Online

398 General indexcultural history of medicine 4, 7; of philosophy 9curability of disease 50 n.16, 61, 71, 115daemons 63, 239daimonios 191; daimonia phusis 191, 246–7data-collection 261death, causes of 11definition 12, 29, 232, 279, 315ff.; of dream 184ff.Defoe, D. 3deformations 213, 235, 230, 265Deichgräber, K. 3deism 69deliberation 246Demeter 53 n.22Democritus 172; 181, 323; anatomical research of13; on dreams 170; 201ff.; medical interests of10, 103; on sterility 17demonstration 315deontology 4, 5, 101ff.depression 156; depressive-cold expressions ofmelancholy 166Dervenyi papyrus 21descent 224description 316desire, concept of 17, 148determinism 69deviations 211, 265diagnostic character 267dialect, Attic 24, 74; Ionic 23dialectics 121, 315; dialectical nature of Aristotle’sworks 203; presentation 35dianoia 128, 219, 222ff., 225, 229, 233–4, 236diaphragm 120, 126diarrhoea 131Dicaearchus 27Diels, H. 3, 33diet 52, 305, 326dietetics 5dietetics 76–100, 104, 123, 279ff.; Diocles on 24;division within 104–5, 110–11, 113ff.; for thetreatment of disease 114, 117f.differentia 316digestion 133; Diocles on 24, 110Diller, H. 3Diocles 5, 7, 8, 23–7, 40, 123, 231 n.81;cardiocentric theory 125; on causalexplanation 85ff.; criticised by CaeliusAurelianus 322f.; development ofepistemological concepts 12; on epilepsy 134;familiarity with Hippocratic writings 74–5;interest in ‘physics’ 11; on location of the mind129; on method of dietetics 74–100; on oralteaching 36; relation to Aristotle andTheophrastus 14, 16, 95ff.; reputation 74; onsterility 17; therapeutic views of 102, 104ff.,117ff.; on the use of experience 99; works:Affection, Cause, Treatment 90, 106, 115;Archidamos 110 n.19; On Treatments 106Diogenes of Apollonia 48 n.11, 55; on the use ofexperience 99Dionysus 53 n.22, 166diorismos 280ff.discourse analysis 4, 30–1discovery, method of 280disease 218, 224, 228, 236; causes of 11; as distinctfrom constitution 151, 154, 156; essence of 24;types of 12disturbance, of vital functions 266diuretic 78divination 161 n.78, 169; rational 254ff.divine, the 57–8, 238; character of disease 45ff.;48ff., 54ff., 68–70; concern (theia epimeleia)243, 247; dispensation (theia moira) 60, 67,242, 257; intervention 5, 17, 20; movement inthe soul 238, 246; principle in man 247, 250;role in healing 5, 62, 71; see also godsdivision 12; of medicine 104, 110ff.doctor, duties of 101ff.; gentleness of 26;judgement of 116–17; mentioned by Aristotle193; professional status of 13; vis-à-vis‘students of nature’ 11doctor–patient relationship 101–2Dogmatists 12, 25, 28, 77–9, 98–9, 102, 279,315f., 319, 321ff.dogs 189doxography 11, 14, 41, 121, 270, 302 n.18, 321dreamlessness 181dreams 8, 11, 17, 128, 143ff., 241; activity ofdreaming 216; classification of 190–1; contentsof 171; erotic dreams 259, 271; (medical)interpretation of 169, 171; origin of 182–3drinks 10, 14dropsy 269 n.44drugs 10, 14, 62, 282, 288, 294, 326; distinct fromfoods 99drugsellers 19drunkenness 145, 148, 181, 208, 218, 220, 230,236, 315dry 19dualism 128, 172, 198–9dunamis 12, 295ff.; see also powerdwarfs 178, 212, 221ff., 229, 235,early modern medicine 14earth 19earthquakes 13, 19, 61eclipses 19, 61ecstasy 156; ecstatic people 212; ekstatikos 149Edelstein, L. 2 n.2, 3education 208 n.10; medical 7