Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire /

Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Israelowich, Ido, 1972- author.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 191 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Medicine, Greek and Roman -- History. Delivery of Health Care -- history. Religion and Medicine. History, Ancient. Health Workforce -- history. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Medicine, Greek and Roman. Roman World Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11241632

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ISBN:	9781421416298 1421416298 1421416298 9781421416281 142141628X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Israelowich, Ido, 1972- Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire 9781421416281

Table of Contents:

0. Acknowledgments
0. Introduction
1. The\Identity of Physicians during the High Roman Empire
0. The\Establishment of Medicine as a Profession in Rome
0. The\Nature of the Medical Market Place during the High Roman Empire
0. The\Case of Psasnis
0. Conclusion
2. Patients' Understanding of Health and Illness
0. Patients and Their Healers
0. Physicians and Temple Medicine
0. Aelius Aristides
0. Conclusion
3. The\Domus and Reproduction
0. Childbirth
0. Physicians and Midwives
0. Mothers' Experiences
0. Conclusion
4. Health Care in the Roman Army
0. Theoretical Background
0. The\Establishment of the Roman Imperial Medical Corps
0. The\Responsibilities of the Army Physician and of the Medical Corps
0. Military Physicians and Local Populations
0. Conclusion
5. Medical Tourism during the High Roman Empire
0. Temples
0. Water
0. Cities
0. Conclusion
0. Conclusion
0. Notes
0. Bibliography
0. Index