Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire
By Unknown Author.
Description
Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire offers a fascinating holistic look at the practice of ancient Roman medicine. Ido Irsaelowich 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, ...
ISBN(s)
142141628X, 9781421416281
