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Ancient Medicine

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Routledge, Apr 9, 2004 - History - 504 pages

Available for the first time in paperback, this first large-scale, sole-authored history of ancient medicine for almost 100 years uses both archaeological and written evidence to survey the development of medical ideas from early Greece to late Antiquity.

Vivian Nutton pays particular attention to the life and work of doctors in the communities, links between medicine and magic, and examines the different approaches to medicine across the ancient world.

With many texts made accessible for the first time, and providing new evidence, this broad exploration challenges usual perspectives, and proves an invaluable resource for students of both classics and the history of medicine.

  

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TitleAncient Medicine
Sciences of Antiquity Series
AuthorVivian Nutton
PublisherRoutledge, 2004
ISBN0203490916, 9780203490914
Length504 pages
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