Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire
"Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire offers a fascinating holistic look at the practice of ancient Roman medicine. Ido Israelowich presents three richly detailed case studies -- one focusing on the home and reproduction; another on the army; the last on medical tourism -- from the poi...
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University press
C 2015.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire offers a fascinating holistic look at the practice of ancient Roman medicine. Ido Israelowich presents three richly detailed case studies -- one focusing on the home and reproduction; another on the army; the last on medical tourism -- from the point of view of those on both sides of the patient-healer divide. He explains in depth how people in the classical world became aware of their ailments, what they believed caused particular illnesses, and why they turned to certain healers -- root cutters, gymnastic trainers, dream interpreters, pharmacologists and priests -- or sought medical care in specific places such as temples, bath houses, and city centers" |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 vol. (VIII-191 p.) : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliographie: | Bibliogr. p. [173]-184. Notes bibliogr. en fin de volume. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781421416281 : 142141628X : |