Asclepius
Subtitle: The God of Medicine
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781853154096
Subjects: History of medicine; Medical - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Medical; Ancient Greece
Description: This book is a wide-ranging survey and discussion of the god, Asclepius, in the ancient world of Greece and Rome, based upon first-hand evidence from numismatic, literary and archaeological sources. It reviews Asclepian temple medicine and offers a clinical explanation for its success. It will be of interest to many of those working within or associated with the world of medicine today, as well as to teachers and students of the history of medicine.