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The tools of Asclepius : surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times / by Lawrence J. Bliquez.

Title: The tools of Asclepius : surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times / by Lawrence J. Bliquez.
Author: Bliquez, Lawrence J.
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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xxxv, 439 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

With The Tools of Asclepius Lawrence Bliquez offers the first comprehensive treatment in English of the instruments and paraphernalia employed by Greco-Roman surgeons since John St. Milne's Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times (1907). Introductory sections cover topics ranging from literary and archaeological sources to the design, materials and production of instruments and the training and practice of the doctors-surgeons who used them. Summaries of Hippocratic and Hellenistic surgery lead to the meat of the book: tools used during the Roman Empire. These are presented by category (e.g. Cutting Instruments) broken into subcategories (Scalpel, Lithotome, et cetera). A substantial appendix deals with biodegradable items, such as suppositories. Much new material is featured and the book is richly illustrated.

Series Statement

Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; volume 43

Uniform Title

Studies in ancient medicine v. 43.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Preface (starting p. ix) -- Sources (starting p. xii) -- Abbreviations, Short Titles (starting p. xii) -- Primary Sources and Translations (starting p. xiii) -- Traditional Latin Titles of Greek Works and Their Short Titles in English (starting p. xxiv) -- List of Figures (starting p. xxviii) -- Acknowledgements and Permissions for Figures (starting p. xxxiii) -- 1. Introduction (starting p. 1) -- The Study of the Instruments in Modern Times (starting p. 1) -- Earlier Work on the Instruments (starting p. 2) -- Emphasis on Nomenclature (starting p. 6) -- Surgeons: Training and Practice (starting p. 8) -- Design and Manufacture of Tools (starting p. 14) -- Material, Characteristics, and Quality of Tools and Paraphernalia (starting p. 16) -- How Successful were the Surgeries? (starting p. 20) -- 2. Hippocratic Surgeries and Surgical Tools (starting p. 23) -- Cupping Vessels (starting p. 25) -- Cutting and Puncturing Instruments (starting p. 27) -- Cauteries (starting p. 30) -- Probes (starting p. 33) -- Bone and Tooth Instruments (starting p. 38) -- Forceps, Retractors (starting p. 40) -- Gynecological Tools (starting p. 42) -- Tubes (starting p. 45) -- Speculum? (starting p. 48) -- 'Hippocratic' Survivals (starting p. 50) -- 3. The Hellenistic Contribution (starting p. 51) -- 4. Tools of the Empire (starting p. 56) -- Cupping Vessels (starting p. 56) -- Cutting and Puncturing Instruments (starting p. 72) -- Probes (Including Spatulas and Spoons) (starting p. 108) -- Needles (starting p. 147) -- Cauteries (starting p. 157) -- Retractors and Hooks (starting p. 173) -- Bone and Tooth Instruments (starting p. 183) -- Tubes (starting p. 207) -- Forceps (starting p. 233) -- Gynecological and Obstetrical Instruments (starting p. 249) -- Miscellaneous Parasurgical Items (starting p. 262) -- Vessels/Containers (starting p. 273) -- Appendix: Materials, Sutures, Plugs, 'Tents', etc. (starting p. 299) -- Postscript (starting p. 348) -- Bibliography (starting p. 349) -- General Index (starting p. 366) -- Greek Index (starting p. 374) -- Latin Index (starting p. 378) -- Figures (starting p. 381)

ISBN

9789004279070
9004279075
9789004283596 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014032771

OCLC

888165648
SCSB-12045004

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library