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Impaired consciousness in ancient medical texts
"Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind -which underpin the notion of consciousness- challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction. Many definitions of consciousness -- Definitions of delirium/wakeful impaired consciousness versus madness, and the concept of 'disease' -- Delirium versus madness and the notion of disease in the Hippocratic Corpus -- Delirium, madness, and disease among post-Hellenistic authors -- Galen's delirium : hot and dry duscrasia of the hêgemonikon -- Final remarks about delirium and the notion of disease : a diachronic look -- A general glance at sleep -- Sleep in the Hippocratic Corpus -- Sleep in post-Hellenistic sources -- Sleep in Galen -- Sleep and the mind : an overview of ideas that did not change -- General overview of total loss of consciousness -- The Hippocratic Corpus and total loss of consciousness -- Total loss of consciousness in post-Hellenistic authors -- Galen's two ways of losing consciousness -- Concluding reflections on the implication of the soul in total loss of consciousness.