Medicine and philosophy - Classical Homeopathy Online

General index 401Ionic dialect 23irrational 238ff.; nature 240, 246irrational people 257irritable people 149, 212Jaeger, W. 95John Philoponus 14; medical ideas in10, 16judgement 176katharsis 131knowledge, nature of medical 28krasis 12, 151, 157, 159Kudlien, F. 2 n.2Kühn, J.-H. 87laxative 78, 82left side of the body 52leptomereia 289, 308lethargy 123life, causes of 11lifestyle, of patient 26, 81, 98, 118, 128, 287linguistics 1, 7; ancient 14literacy 31, 37ff.location of mind 26, 224; of disease in the body120ff.locomotion 25logic 14, 123longevity 11looseness, state of 325f.love 236luck 106Lyceum, Diocles and 95–6madness 165; in relation to genius 18magic 5, 7–8, 20, 33, 45ff., 63, 131magicians 20, 57, 65–6male, contribution to generation 11man, nature of 11mania 123, 156manic-passionate expressions of melancholy166market place, medical 7, 33master craftsman 195materialism 128, 165 n.89, 236mathematicians 14, 30mean 158, 161mechanical explanation in Aristotle 182ff., 211,213, 216, 231mechanics 28, 264medical examination 266medical literature on dreams 181, 192medicalisation 118medicine, diversity in 5, 18medieval medicine 14melancholia 123melancholics 139ff., 181, 187, 190, 211–12, 229,241, 253f.melancholy, Aristotle on 17, 139ff.Meletius of Sardes 16memory 8, 11, 17, 128, 175, 216, 223, 228Meno 264menstruation 180, 259; menstrual blood 270ff.mental apprehension 326mental faculties 126mental illness 10, 12, 26metaphor 165, 232meteorology 14, 24Methodism 12, 28–9, 119, 299ff.methodology 12midwives 269mind, location of 119ff., 224mind–body distinction 27, 119ff.mineralogy 24, 96mixture 151, 157, 287; see also krasisMnesitheus 12, 78, 88, 111, 117moisture 142, 229mola uteri 259–60, 269–70, 272f.monstrosities 11moon 62moral error 20, 66–7moral qualification 244moral values 5, 6motor signals in the body 129movement 220, 223; principle of 245movements, of sense perception 183mules 11narcotics 178narratology 30natural 233; law 45natural philosophy 11; 123 see also phusis andphysicsnatural scientist 194naturalistic theology 45–6, 62, 67nature 68, 238–9, 257, 296; Aristotle’s concept of212, 214; concept of 12; contrary to 230; ofdisease 49ff.; of foodstuff 78; formal 235;human 157; material 235; study of 10, 103, 175,207; theory of, Diocles on 24; see also phusisNear Eastern medicine 4Nemesius of Emesa 10, 16nervous system 3, 16, 28Neuhäuser, J. 234Nicander 34Ninos 48 n.10non-Western medicine 4nous in Aristotle 122, 130, 176, 222, 233, 243, 258;in sleep 171number theory 9 n.17