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Authors
Publication date 2013
Host editors
  • R.S. Bagnall
  • K. Brodersen
  • C.B. Champion
  • A. Erskine
  • S.R. Huebner
Book title The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
ISBN
  • 9781405179355
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781444338386
Volume | Issue number 10
Pages (from-to) 5757-5758
Publisher Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
Abstract (Gr. diaita ; Lat. victus “lifestyle.”) According to Celsus, dietetics – the adjustment of a patient's regimen , or lifestyle, to preserve or restore health – was one of the three branches into which medicine became divided after the time of Hippocrates (Cels. De Med. Prooem.9), and it permeated every aspect of life: diet, exercise, sexual activity, mental activity, and even what to wear (Hip. Epid. 6.8.23).
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
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