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Book SynopsisThe study of ancient medicine has been revolutionised over the last half century and Vivian Nutton has been a leading figure. Here distinguished colleagues and former students offer essays in his honour, developing themes from his ground-breaking scholarship. The book explores the diversity of the ancient medical marketplace. From the Bronze Age to Classical Antiquity (with glimpses forward to the Digital Age), from the cult of Artemis to the corpuscular theories of Asclepiades of Bithynia, from the medicinal uses of beavers to the cost of healthcare and wet-nursing, and from remedy exchange to the medical repercussions of political assassination.
Trade ReviewThis is an extremely diverse collection ... As a result, historians of medicine will find most, if not all, of the chapters diverting and thought-provoking. * Classics for All *
It is certainly a new valuable acquisition in the field of the history of ancient medicine, showing that it was not only a matter of scientific theories and of practical techniques, but also a living part of the society, its economy, and its culture. * Classical Press of Wales *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of contributors Abbreviations and sigla Introduction: Vivian Nutton and the rise of ancient medicine, Rebecca Flemming PART I: Prices and Exchange 1. The cost of health: rich and poor in imperial Rome, Véronique Boudon-Millot 2. Healing correspondence: letters and remedy exchange in the Graeco-Roman world, Laurence M. V. Totelin 3. Dioscorides on beavers, John Scarborough 4. The cost of a baby: how much did it cost to hire a wet-nurse in Roman Egypt?, Antonio Ricciardetto and Danielle Gourevitch PART II: Pluralism and Diversity 5. A return to cases and the pluralism of ancient medical traditions, G.E.R. Lloyd 6. Malaria, childbirth and the cult of Artemis, Elizabeth Craik 7. Medicine, markets and movement in the Bronze Age Mediterranean: a Mycenaean healing deity at Hattuša-Bogazköy, Robert Arnott 8. Antistius Medicus and the ides of March, Ann Ellis Hanson 9. Notes on three Asclepiadean doctors, David Leith 10. Hippocratic whispers: telling the story of the life of Hippocrates on the internet, Helen King Bibliography Bibliography of Vivian Nutton’s works Index
