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Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire

Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire

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Topics include the effects of disease and medicine on people at different levels of Roman society, the role of the physician in the Roman army, contraception, drugs, surgery, and magic. Jackson (curator, Department of Pre-historic and Romano-British antiquities, British Museum) adds evidence from excavations, sculptures, reliefs, vases, and wall-pa

Book information

ISBN: 9780806121673
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 610.937
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 207
Weight: 644g
Height: 247mm
Width: 183mm
Spine width: 20mm