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Author Bubb, Claire, author.

Title Dissection in classical antiquity : a social and medical history / Claire Bubb, New York University
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Summary "This book focuses on the first comprehensive history of dissection in classical antiquity. It reveals how the practice evolved from the social and cultural contexts of the fifth century BC to the High Roman period, before exploring in depth its contribution to the development of classical anatomical literature into Late Antiquity"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2022)
Subject Dissection -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
Dissection -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
Human anatomy -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
Human anatomy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Dissection
Human anatomy
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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