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J/^T TK T O ■ RBOROUGH PHILLIPS ACADEMY I 3 1867 00018 9840 ROMAN MEDICINE /m ASPECTS OF GREEKAND ROMAN LIFE GENERAL EDITOR:H-,H SCULLARD ROMAN MEDItIN;E JOHN SCARBORO , In this well-documented study die author discusses in considerable detail the major aspects of Roman medicine, which he describes as a synthesis of medical traditions from the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman worlds. He considers the part played by the Roman pater familias who dispensed medicine to his own household, the untrained medkus of the Roman legion, and the Greek physicians who were scorned by the general public but who had great prestige among the aristoc¬ racy. Dr. Scarborough stresses the fact that, while Roman medicine was severely limited by modem standards, it was remarkably proficient in dealing with most medical problems in ways that were acceptable to the age. Prob¬ ably the greatest contributions of the Romans were the systematizing and recording of medical information and their extraordinary technical achieve¬ ments in the fields of sanitation and pubhc health. The book treats a strangely neglected aspect of ancient culture in a way that will appeal to general readers as well as to scholars. The text is illustrated with photographs and line drawings taken from many sources. i t •» «• f i ASPECTS OF GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE General Editor: H. H. Scullard * ★ ★ ROMAN MEDICINE John Scarborough ROMAN MEDICINE John Scarborough CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA, NEW YORK L All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information address Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published (d i -^ 7 Sea. ^ Standard Book Number: 8014-0525-4 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-81596 PRINTED IN ENGIAND CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 7 PREFACE II I THE BEGINNINGS OF ROMAN MEDICINE I5 II THE BACKGROUND OF HELLENISTIC MEDICINE 26 III HELLENISTIC MEDICINE IN THE ROMAN WORLD 38 IV CATO AND THE MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDISTS $2 V MEDICAL PRACTICE AND THE ROMAN ARMY 66 VI THE ROMAN TECHNICAL AND HYGIENIC ACHIEVEMENT 76 VII THE PUBLIC ESTIMATE OF ROMAN MEDICINE 94 VIII THE DOCTOR AND HIS PLACE IN ROMAN SOCIETY 109 IX ROMAN MEDICAL EDUCATION 122 X THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROMAN MEDICINE IN ROMAN SOCIETY 134 115528 6 CONTENTS APPENDIX I BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES I49 APPENDIX II SOURCES AND PROBLEMS 162 APPENDIX III ON HUMAN DISSECTION IN ROMAN MEDICINE 168 APPENDIX IV SOME NOTES ON ROMAN VETERINARY MEDICINE I7I NOTES 174 SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 225 BIBLIOGRAPHY 227 INDEX 231
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