Title: Approaches to healing in Roman Egypt /
Authors: Draycott, Jane
Year: 2012
Subjects: Roman World history; Roman World; History, Ancient; Medicine, Egyptian; Medicine Egypt History.; Arzneimittel; Medizin; Römerzeit.; Egypt; Egypt Antiquities.; Ägypten (Altertum); Egypt
Abstract: "The purpose of this study is to examine the healing strategies employed by the inhabitants of Egypt during the Roman period, from the late first century BC to the fourth century AD, in order to explore how Egyptian, Greek and Roman customs and traditions interacted within the province. Thus this study aims to make an original contribution to the history of medicine, by offering a detailed examination of the healing strategies (of which 'rational' medicine was only one) utilised by the inhabitants of one particular region of the Mediterranean during a key phase in its history, a region, moreover, which by virtue of the survival of papyrological evidence offers a unique opportunity for study. Its interdisciplinary approach, which integrates ancient literary, documentary, archaeological and scientific evidence, presents a new approach to understanding healing strategies in Roman provincial culture.
Contents: Identifying medical practitioners in Roman Egypt -- Identifying alternative healing strategies in Roman Egypt -- Case studies -- Eye complaints in Roman Egypt -- Fever in Roman Egypt -- Wild animals in Roman Egypt -- Conclusion.