Medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE): a sourcebook

"This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidenc...

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Hauptverfasser: Upson-Saia, Kristi 1974- (VerfasserIn), Marx, Heidi (VerfasserIn), Secord, Jared 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press [2023]
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Zusammenfassung:"This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence. Introductory chapters and accompanying commentary provide substantial context, making the sourcebook accessible to readers at all levels. Readers will come away with a broad sense of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy"--
Beschreibung:xi, 432 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25,4 cm
ISBN:9780520299726
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