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 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--

• | Author: Kristi Upson-Saia, Heidi Marx, Jared Secord
• | Publisher: University Of California Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 27, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 487 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0520299701
• | ISBN-13: 9780520299702