| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 439 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in ancient medicine ; volume 43 |
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Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 43.
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| Contents |
Preface; Sources; Abbreviations, Short Titles; Primary Sources and Translations; Traditional Latin Titles of Greek Works and Their Short Titles in English; List of Figures; Acknowledgements and Permissions for Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Study of the Instruments in Modern Times; Earlier Work on the Instruments; Emphasis on Nomenclature; Surgeons: Training and Practice; Design and Manufacture of Tools; Materials, Characteristics, and Quality of Tools and Paraphernalia; How Successful were the Surgeries?; Chapter 2 Hippocratic Surgeries and Surgical Tools; Cupping Vessels |
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Cutting and Puncturing InstrumentsCauteries; Probes; Bone and Tooth Instruments; Forceps, Retractors; Gynecological Tools; Tubes; Speculum?; 'Hippocratic' Survivals; Chapter 3 The Hellenistic Contribution; Chapter 4 Tools of the Empire; Cupping Vessels; Cutting and Puncturing Instruments; Probes (Including Spatulas and Spoons); Needles; Cauteries; Retractors and Hooks; Bone and Tooth Instruments; Tubes; Forceps; Gynecological and Obstetrical Instruments; Miscellaneous Parasurgical Items; Vessels/Containers; Appendix: Materials, Sutures, Plugs, 'Tents', etc.; Postscript; Bibliography |
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General IndexGreek Index; Latin Index; Figures |
| Summary |
In The Tools of Asclepius Lawrence Bliquez provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the surgical instruments and paraphernalia used by Greco-Roman pharmacists, physicians and surgeons |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Surgical instruments and apparatus -- Greece -- History
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Surgical instruments and apparatus -- Rome -- History
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Surgical Instruments -- history
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General Surgery -- history
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History, Ancient
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Surgical instruments and apparatus
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| SUBJECT |
Greek World |
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Roman World |
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004283596 |
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9004283595 |
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