Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 Bce-600 Ce): A Sourcebook

Author/Contributor(s):	Upson-Saia, Kristi
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	06/27/2023
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence. Introductory chapters and accompanying commentary provide substantial context, making the sourcebook accessible to readers at all levels. Readers will come away with a broad sense of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy"--