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Description for Roman Medicine
Paperback. In 'Roman Medicine' Audrey Cruse looks at the long and complex history of western medicine. After introducing relevant myths and legends from earliest times in Greece, she discusses ancient philosophers from the sixth-fifth centuries BC and the subsequent development of schools of medicine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 696. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Western medical tradition rested firmly on the foundations established in Classical Greece and later transmitted throughout the Roman Empire. Against this long and complex background, including both religious and magical medicine, Audrey Cruse looks at the many different aspects of medicine and health in the Roman Empire, especially Roman Britain.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752414614
SKU
KOC0010718
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Ref
99-1
About Audrey Cruse
Audrey Cruse completed her BA with the Open University and her MA in Archaeology at the University of Reading. She specialised in Roman medicine as her dissertation topic.
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