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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.
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.
Price: $177.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine
Publication Date:
20 December 1999
ISBN: 9789004114791
Format: Other
'Scholars serious about ancient medicine, or about war heroes in ancient literature, should buy this book, which represents a substantial contribution to our knowledge in both areas.'
Rachel Hall Sternberg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
Rachel Hall Sternberg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
Christine F. Salazar, MPhil. (History of Medicine), Ph.D. (Classics), teaches History of Medicine at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. She has published various articles on ancient medicine.