Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author:   Jane Draycott (University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009168397


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 December 2022
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Author:   Jane Draycott (University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781009168397


ISBN 10:   1009168398
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 December 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; 1. Extremity prostheses and assistive technology; 2. Facial prostheses; 3. Prosthetic hair; 4. Design, commission and manufacture of prostheses; 5. Living prostheses; Conclusion.

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Jane Draycott is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow. Her research investigates science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world. She has published extensively on the history and archaeology of medicine, impairment, and disability in the ancient world, including the monographs Roman Domestic Medical Practice in Central Italy from the Middle Republic to the Early Empire (2019) and Approaches to Healing in Roman Egypt (2012), and the edited volumes Prostheses in Antiquity (2019) and Bodies of Evidence: Ancient Anatomical Votives Past, Present and Future (2017).

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