Title Medicine and healing in the ancient Mediterranean world : including the proceedings of the international conference with the same title, organised in the framework of the Research Project INTERREG IIIA : Greece/Cyprus 2000/2006, Joint Educational and Research Programmes in the History and Archaeology of Medicine, Palaeopathology, and Palaeoradiation, and the 1st International CAPP Symposium "New Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Cyprus" / edited by Demetrios Michaelides

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Medicine and archaeology -- Media -- The Aegean -- Medical authors/schools of medicine -- Surgery -- Medicaments and cures -- Skeletal remains -- 1st International CAPP Symposium "New approaches to archaeological human remains in Cyprus" -- Asklepios and incubation -- Byzantine, Arab and medieval sources Summary There are many recoverable aspects and indications concerning medicine and healing in the ancient past -- from the archaeological evidence of skeletal remains, grave-goods comprising medical and/or surgical equipment and visual representations in tombs and other monuments thorough to epigraphic and literary sources. The 42 papers presented here cover many aspects medicine in the Mediterranean world during Antiquity and early Byzantine times, bringing together both internationally established specialists on the history of medicine and researchers in the early stages of their career. The contributions are grouped under a series of headings: medicine and archaeology; media (online access to electronic corpus); the Aegean; medical authors/schools of medicine; surgery; medicaments and cures; skeletal remains; new research in Cyprus; Asklepios and incubation; and Byzantine, Arab and medieval sources. These subject areas are addressed through a combination of wide ranging archaeological and osteological data and the examination and interpretation of philosophical, literary and historiographical texts to provide a comprehensive suite of studies into early practices in this fundamental field of human experience Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Medicine, Ancient -- Congresses Medicine -- History -- Congresses Medicine -- History. Archaeology. Medicine, Medieval. History of Medicine Archaeology History, Ancient History, Medieval history of medicine. archaeology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. MEDICAL -- General. Medicine, Medieval Archaeology Medicine Medicine, Ancient SUBJECT Mediterranean Region Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings History Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Michaēlidēs, Dēmētrēs, editor International CAPP Symposium "New Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Cyprus" (1st : 2008 : Nicosia, Cyprus), author. Biomedical Sciences in Archaeology (Conference) (1st : 2008 : Ērakleion, Greece) author LC no. 2014016633 ISBN 9781782972365 1782972366 9781782972372 1782972374 9781782972389 1782972382

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