The treatment of war wounds in Graeco-Roman antiquity / / by Christine F. Salazar.

In this investigation of the treatment of battle trauma in antiquity, 'treatment' is used in a double sense, both as actual medical treatment and literary 'treatment' in non-medical sources. Part I deals with the practical, medical aspects of the topic: the types of wounds likely...

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Superior document:Studies in ancient medicine, v. 21
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Studies in Ancient Medicine 21.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 299 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Christine F. Salazar
  • Sources / Christine F. Salazar
  • Surgical Aspects of Wound Treatment / Christine F. Salazar
  • Pharmaka / Christine F. Salazar
  • Medical Services in Armies / Christine F. Salazar
  • Expert and Layman / Christine F. Salazar
  • The Iliad / Christine F. Salazar
  • Beautiful Death; the Adjustment of an Ideal / Christine F. Salazar
  • Alexander the Great / Christine F. Salazar
  • Epilogue / Christine F. Salazar
  • The Archaeological Evidence / Christine F. Salazar
  • Conclusion / Christine F. Salazar
  • Bibliography / Christine F. Salazar
  • Index locorum / Christine F. Salazar
  • General Index / Christine F. Salazar
  • Studies in Ancient Medicine / Christine F. Salazar.