Aristophanes’ Wealth: Ancient Alternative Medicine and its Modern Survival

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Zeitschriftentitel:	Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Personen und Körperschaften:	Koutouvidis, N, Papamichael, E, Fotiadou, A
In:	Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 89, 1996, 11, S. 651-653
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Englisch
veröffentlicht:	SAGE Publications
Schlagwörter:	General Medicine

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:p> The miraculous cure of the blind god Plutos (‘Wealth’) in Aristophanes’ play illuminates some of the reasons why people have sought help in alternative medicine over the ages. Apart from limitations of conventional medicine these factors can be social, political, religious, psychological, and scientific. Alternative medicine may function in a complementary way to the conventional. Nevertheless, an overestimation of its therapeutic potentials by the public can lead to the domination of irrationalism, all in the name of liberation from the shackles of a mechanistic rationalism. </jats:p>
Umfang:	651-653
ISSN:	0141-0768 1758-1095
DOI:	10.1177/014107689608901118