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oapen-20.500.12657-486322021-05-17T09:21:58Z Life is Short, Art Long Pitarakis, Brigitte Tanman, Gülru health; medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine Life is short, art long: The art of healing in Byzantium. New perspectives. Providing new approaches to Byzantine views on health and medicine, this 13-chapter volume builds interdisciplinary bridges between a variety of subjects, ranging from religious beliefs and supernatural forces to oral health and dietary habits. Other topics include perceptions of the eternal afterlife, health centers in Constantinople and Anatolia, medical literature, access to exotic materials used in pharmaceuticals, traditions related to the god Asklepios, and hospital architecture designed to promote healing. The themes covered are based on the proceedings of the symposium held 14 March 2015, Medicine Day in Turkey, as part of the exhibition Life is Short, Art Long: the Art of Healing in Byzantium at the Pera Museum. All chapters are in English. 2021-05-17T09:09:24Z 2021-05-17T09:09:24Z 2018 book 9786054642762 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48632 eng Istanbul Research Institute 5d56ed9c-9a1e-423c-9acf-f67114231291 572a4f48-3de0-437b-ba3f-fd444d1237bb e2c0858f-cd2a-4f0d-bd0e-c458205b91b2 9786054642762 265 Istanbul open access
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Life is short, art long: The art of healing in Byzantium. New perspectives. Providing new approaches to Byzantine views on health and medicine, this 13-chapter volume builds interdisciplinary bridges between a variety of subjects, ranging from religious beliefs and supernatural forces to oral health and dietary habits. Other topics include perceptions of the eternal afterlife, health centers in Constantinople and Anatolia, medical literature, access to exotic materials used in pharmaceuticals, traditions related to the god Asklepios, and hospital architecture designed to promote healing. The themes covered are based on the proceedings of the symposium held 14 March 2015, Medicine Day in Turkey, as part of the exhibition Life is Short, Art Long: the Art of Healing in Byzantium at the Pera Museum. All chapters are in English.
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