The Tools of Asclepius - Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times

In The Tools of Asclepius Lawrence Bliquez provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the surgical instruments and paraphernalia used by Greco-Roman pharmacists, physicians and surgeons.

About the author

Lawrence J. Bliquez, Ph.D, Stanford University (1968), is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of numerous publications on historical and archaeological subjects focused on Greco-Roman Antiquity, in particular on Greco-Roman surgery and surgical tools, including Roman Surgical Instruments and Other Minor Objects in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Von Zabern, 1994).

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Bliquez
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9789004279070
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27907-0
• No. of pages: 476
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity