The Tools of Asclepius: Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lawrence BliquezSeries:Studies in Ancient MedicineTheme:Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.), Cultural Region/Greece, Cultural Region/Italy, Interdisciplinary Studies/ClassicsPublish date:11/28/2014Pages:440
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004279070ISBN-10:9004279075UPC:9789004279070Book Category:Medical, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Surgery, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.50 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.817Product ID:SC5EA10WEV
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, etc.). A substantial appendix deals with biodegradable items, such as suppositories. Much new material is featured and the book is richly illustrated.
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, etc.). A substantial appendix deals with biodegradable items, such as suppositories. Much new material is featured and the book is richly illustrated.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004279070ISBN-10:9004279075UPC:9789004279070Book Category:Medical, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Surgery, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.50 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.817Product ID:SC5EA10WEV
Lawrence J. Bliquez, Ph.D, Stanford University (1968), is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of numerous publications on historical and archaeological subjects focused on Greco-Roman Antiquity, in particular on Greco-Roman surgery and surgical tools, including Roman Surgical Instruments and Other Minor Objects in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Von Zabern, 1994).
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