title: [Wanderings through ancient medicine].
abstract: The character of ancient medicine depends on the concept of nature in ancient science. The development of a rational medical science was part of the historical emancipation of reason from magic and mythology. The great difference between ancient and modern medicine concerns the normative idea of nature in ancient thought versus the mechanical one in modern technology. The article mentions many special features of ancient medicine based on the notion of human nature and nature in general.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for kultur- og samfunnsfag Idéhistorie, Blindern.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Eriksen
mesh_terms: D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009229:Mythology; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012384:Rome
vernacular_title: Streiftog i antikkens medisin.