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Author:   Ralph Jackson
Publisher:   British Museum Press
Imprint:   British Museum Press
Volume:   232
ISBN:  

9780861592326

ISBN 10:   0861592328
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   28 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Chapter 1: Introduction: the British Museum Greek and Roman Medical Collections Chapter 2: Greek and Roman Surgical and Medical Instruments Chapter 3: Catalogue of Greek and Roman Surgical and Medical Instruments in the British Museum Chapter 4: Scientific Examination and Element Analysis of the Metal Medical Instruments (Susan La Niece and Duncan Hook) Chapter 5: Chemical Analysis of Medicinal Residues: Ingredients, Properties and Purpose (Rebecca Stacey) Chapter 6: Selected Greek and Roman Objects in the British Museum Related to Medicine and Health Appendix 1: An Important Group of Roman Surgical Instruments from Italy in the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Appendix 2: A Unique Roman Plunger Forceps in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bibliography Concordance Index

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Ralph Jackson is a former senior curator at the British Museum. For many decades his research has been focused upon the history and archaeology of Greek and Roman medicine. His previous publications include Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire; Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain; Camerton: A Catalogue of Late Iron Age and Early Roman Metalwork; (with Tim Potter) Excavations at Stonea, Cambridgeshire 1980–85; (with Gilbert Burleigh) Dea Senuna: Treasure, Cult and Ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire; and (with Richard Hobbs) Roman Britain.

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