Neurological concepts in ancient Greek medicine / by Thomas Walshe III, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Chief, General Neurology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

xiv, 204 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neurologic concepts in the Homeric epics -- Hippocrates and the Corpus Hippocraticum -- A neurology text before there was neurology -- On the sacred disease -- Surgical texts and diagnosis guides -- Wounds of the head -- Hippocratic medicine and neurologic conditions -- Ancient Greek ideas of cognition -- The separation of the nerves from other fibers -- The Hellenistic pursuit of neuroanatomy -- The Hippocratic oath and a modern digression.