The treatment of war wounds in Graeco-Roman antiquity /

The treatment of war wounds in Graeco-Roman antiquity /

In this investigation of the treatment of battle trauma in antiquity, 'treatment' is used in a double sense, both as actual medical treatment and literary 'treatment' in non-medical sources. Part I deals with the practical, medical aspects of the topic: the types of wounds likely...

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Main Author: Salazar, Christine F.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2000.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 21.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

War wounds > Treatment > History. > Greece
War wounds > Treatment > History. > Rome
Surgery, Military > Greece > History.
Surgery, Military > Rome > History.
Medical technology > Greece > History.
Medical technology > Rome > History.
Medicine, Greek and Roman > History.
Medicine, Military > History.
Medical technology.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Medicine, Military.
Surgery, Military.
War wounds > Treatment.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
History.

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Call Number: RD156 .T74 2000

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Sources /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Surgical Aspects of Wound Treatment /
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  • Pharmaka /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Medical Services in Armies /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Expert and Layman /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • The Iliad /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Beautiful Death; the Adjustment of an Ideal /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Alexander the Great /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Epilogue /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • The Archaeological Evidence /
  • Christine F. Salazar
  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index locorum /
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  • General Index /
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  • Studies in Ancient Medicine /
  • Christine F. Salazar.