Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

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HORSTMANSHOFF, “ ‘Did the god learn medicine?’ Asclepius
and Temple Medicine in Aelius Aristides’ Sacred Tales,”
325-341; L. CILLIERS, “Vindicianus’ Gynaecia and Theories
in Generation and Embryology from the Babylonians up to
Graeco-Roman Times,” 343-367; K.-H. LEVEN, “ ‘At times
these ancient facts seem to lie before me like a patient on a
hospital bed’—Retrospective Diagnosis and Ancient Medical
History,” 369-386.
960. SCURLOCK, Jo Ann, and Burton R. AN-
DERSEN. Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian
Medicine: Ancient Sources, Translations, and Modern
Medical Analyses. (xxiii + 879 pp.; ill.; map;
bibl.; index.) Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 2005.
ISBN: 0252029569.
961. ZUCCONI, Laura M. “ ‘Can No Physician Be
Found?’: The Influence of Religion on Medical Pluralism
in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Israel.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/05 (2005): 1911.
Dissertation at the University of California, San Diego, 2005.
Adviser: Propp, William H. C. UMI pub. no. 3175285. 252
pp.
311-160. TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL
962. DEMORTIER, Guy. “La construction de la
pyramide de Khéops.” Rev. Quest. Sci. 175 (2004):
341–381.
963. GOYON, Jean Claude, Jean-Claude GOLVIN,
and Claire SIMON-BOIDOT. La construction pharaonique
du moyen empire à l’époque gréco-romaine :
contexte et principes technologiques. (456 pp.; ill.;
bibl.; index.) Paris: Picard, 2004. ISBN: 2708405039.
312. ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN
SCIENTIFIC CONTEXTS
312-1. GENERAL HISTORIES OF SCIENCE
964. CARDINI, Maria Timpanaro. Tra antichità
classica e impegno civile. Edited by Sebastiano
TIMPANARO. Muse pisane, 7. (320 pp.; bibl.; index.)
Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2001. ISBN: 8846702336.
Includes discussion of scientific topics ranging from zoology
and physiology to mathematics among pre-Socratics through
Aristotle.
965. JONES, Alexander. “ ‘In order that we should
not ourselves appear to be adjusting our estimates.
. . to make them fit some predetermined
amount.’ ” In BUCHWALD and FRANKLIN [ref. 128],
17–39.
On the way that Ptolemy adjusts his data to fit his needs in
his Almagest and Geography.
966. VEGA VEGA, María del Mar. “Magia y fábula
en Eliano.” MHNH 3 (2003): 95–105.
On the moralism and wonderment in nature as found in the
work of Claudius Aelianus.
312-27. SCIENCE AND GENDER
967. BIANCHI, Emanuela. “Teleology and Its Symptoms:
Sexual Difference in the Aristotelian Cosmos.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/01 (2005): 198.
Dissertation at New School University, 2005. Adviser:
Butler, Judith. UMI pub. no. 3161859. 301 pp.
968. MRÓWKA, Kazimierz. “L’androgynie.
Quelques notes sous l’éloge d’Eros par Aristophane
dans le ‘Banquet’ de Platon.” Organon 32 (2003):
39–44.
312-40. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS
969. PASQUALE, Giovanni di. “The Museum of
Alexandria: Myth and Model.” In From Private to
Public, edited by Marco BERETTA (Sagamore Beach,
Mass.: Science History Publications, 2005), 1–11.
312-101. OCCULT SCIENCES AND MAGIC
970. BERNABÉ, Alberto. “Las ephesia grammata:
génesis de una fórmula mágica.” MHNH 3 (2003):
5–28.
971. BRAVO GARCÍA, Antonio. “De nuevo sobre
las uoces animalium y la magia greco-latina (esta
vez con un pasaje cervantino al fondo).” Translated
title: [Again on the uoces animalium and Greek-
Latin magic (this time with Cervantes’s passage in
the background).] In Spanish. MHNH 5 (2005):
127–156.
972. FARAONE, Christopher A. “Professional Sorcerers
and Their Wares in the Imperial Rome: An
Archaeology of Magical Practices.” Introduction to a
special section based on symposium held in Rome on
November 12, 2004. MHNH 5 (2005): 7–9.
Contents: Jürgen BLÄNSDORF, “The Curse Tablets from
the Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna in Mainz,” 11–26;
Christopher A. FARAONE, “A Skull, a Gold Amulet and a
Ceramic Pot: Evidence for Necromancy in the Vigna Codini?”
27–43; Attilio MASTROCINQUE, “Le defixiones di
Porta San Sebastiano,” 45–59; Richard GORDON, “Competence
and ‘Felicity Conditions’ in Two Sets of North African
Curse-tablets (DTAud nos. 275–85; 286–98),” 61–86; Marina
PIRANOMONTE, “La fontana sacra di Anna Perenna
a Piazza Euclide tra religione e magia,” 87–104; Marion
WITTEYER, “Curse Tablets and Voodoo Dolls from Mainz:
The Archaeological Evidence for Magical Practices in the
Sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater,” 105–123.
973. LUCK, Georg. “The Survival of Ancient Magic
in the Early Church.” MHNH 3 (2003): 29–54.
974. MARTÍN HERNÁNDEZ, Raquel. “La relación
de Orfeo con la magia a través de los testimonios
literarios.” MHNH 3 (2003): 55–74.
975. MASTROCINQUE, Attilio. “Dinners with the
Magus.” MHNH 3 (2003): 75–93.
On magicians in ancient Rome and their dinner performances.
976. PEREA YÉBENES, Sabino. “Un capítulo de la
teúrgia antigua: los oráculos de Hécate y la cuestión
de las ‘estatuas parlantes.’ ” Translated title: [An
Aspect of the Ancient Teurgy: The Oracles of Hekate
and the “Statues-Speakers”.] In Spanish. MHNH 5
(2005): 189–240.
312-102. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND
HISTORY OF IDEAS
977. BAY, Stephen M. “Toward a New Edition of
Themistius’ Paraphrase of Aristotle’s ‘de Anima.’ ”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/01 (2005): 168.
Dissertation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 2004. Adviser: Calder, William M., III. UMI
pub. no. 3160863. 122 pp.
978. BESNIER, Bernard. “Aristote : le lieu, le
quelque part et l’être-dans.” In MORELON and HAS-
NAWI [ref. 21], 561–605.