This book looks at issues surrounding health in a variety of ancient Mediterranean societies.

The contributors to this book, who include ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists, assess the health status of the people of the Greco Roman

Brings to light for the first time the innovative healing practices of monasteries and their role in the development of Western medical tradition

The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds, written by the foremost expert on the subject, has been updated to inco

This work brings together Philip van der Eijk's previously published essays on the close connections that existed between medicine and philosophy throughout ant