Disabilities in Roman antiquity : disparate bodies, a capite ad calcem /

This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem , from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, mon...

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Other Authors: Laes, Christian., Goodey, C. F., Rose, Martha L., 1957-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 356.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Medicine, Greek and Roman > History.

People with mental disabilities > Rome > History.

People with disabilities > Rome > History.

Medical archaeology.