Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.37.1, pp. 3-48
 
Roman Medicine to Galen
by John Scarborough, Madison, WI

Contents

I. The Context of Roman Medicine before Greek Cultural Influence: The Farm

3

II. The Etruscans

9

III. Roman Medical Folklore: Religion, Magic, and Farming Manuals

13

IV. Greek Medicine and the Romans

22

V. Roman Encyclopedic Medicine

29

VI. Medicine in Everyday Life of the Roman Empire

33

VII. Learned Medicine and the Philosopher-Physicians

40
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