Visualizing the invisible with the human body
Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient's externa...
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Weitere Verfasser: | Cale Johnson, J. (Herausgegeben von), Stavru, Alessandro (Herausgegeben von) |
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Format: | Elektronisch Buchkapitel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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Schriftenreihe: | Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures
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