UID:
almahu_9949701563202882
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 299 pages)
ISBN:
9789004377486
Series Statement:
Studies in ancient medicine, v. 21
Content:
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 to result from a battle, their surgical and pharmacological treatment, the question of medical services in ancient armies, medical terminology and the availability of medical knowledge. Part II discusses the use of scenes of wounding and wound treatment in literature, and Part III is a survey of the archaeological evidence. This is the first monograph to examine the topic in all its different aspects; it should be of interest to classicists, medical historians and military historians.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
,
Sources /
,
Surgical Aspects of Wound Treatment /
,
Pharmaka /
,
Medical Services in Armies /
,
Expert and Layman /
,
The Iliad /
,
Beautiful Death; the Adjustment of an Ideal /
,
Alexander the Great /
,
Epilogue /
,
The Archaeological Evidence /
,
Conclusion /
,
Bibliography /
,
Index locorum /
,
General Index /
,
Studies in Ancient Medicine /
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Treatment of War Wounds in Graeco-Roman Antiquity Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2000, ISBN 9789004114791
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
