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Medicine in Plutarch's Moralia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

Richard J. Durling
Richard J. Durling*
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Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Pharmazie Universität Kiel
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The Moralia is an unfortunate term for the writings that have come down to us under the name of Plutarch of Chaeronea (ca. A.D. 50–120). They discuss rhetorical topics and general philosophical issues. A few are expressedly devoted to medical themes, for example, the tract entitled De sanitate tuenda praecepta (Mor. 122B–137E). But the medical material is sadly scattered throughout the extensive oeuvre, and it is difficult to gain a clear perspective.

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Traditio , Volume 50 , 1995, pp. 311 - 314
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Copyright © 1995 by Fordham University 

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