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Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire
- Title
- Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire / Ido Israelowich.
- Author
- Israelowich, Ido, 1972-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- viii, 191 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire offers a fascinating holistic look at the practice of ancient Roman medicine. Ido Israelowich presents three richly detailed case studies -- one focusing on the home and reproduction; another on the army; the last on medical tourism -- from the point of view of those on both sides of the patient-healer divide. He explains in depth how people in the classical world became aware of their ailments, what they believed caused particular illnesses, and why they turned to certain healers -- root cutters, gymnastic trainers, dream interpreters, pharmacologists and priests -- or sought medical care in specific places such as temples, bath houses, and city centers"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The identity of physicians during the High Roman Empire -- Patients' understanding of health and illness -- The domus and reproduction -- Health care in the Roman army -- Medical tourism during the High Roman Empire.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1754
- ISBN
- 9781421416281
- 142141628X
- LCCN
- 2014024709
- 40024639877
- OCLC
- 881838841
- Author
- Israelowich, Ido, 1972- author.
- Title
- Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire / Ido Israelowich.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: TEL AVIV UNIV. EXAMINES ROMAN WORLDS AWARENESS OF ILLNESS, CAUSES, & TREATMENTS.
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- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024639877
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1754