Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire
Ido Israelowich · 2015
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"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"--
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9781421416281
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