Man and wound in the ancient world : a history of military medicine from Sumer to the fall of Constantinople
Wounds and disease were as devastating on the battlefields of the ancient world as they are today. How did physicians and medics cope with arrow injuries, spear and sword gashes, dysentery, and infection without the benefits of anesthesia or modern medical technology? In this compelling volume, military historian Richard A. Gabriel explores the long-hidden world of ancient military medicine from 4000 BCE to 1453 CE to reveal its surprisingly sophisticated body of knowledge, practice, and technique. Ranging broadly from the deserts of North Africa, across the plains of India and Persia, to the mountains of Europe and Asia Minor, this book examines medical history from the Bronze Age through the Middle Ages. By revealing long-forgotten medical secrets, Gabriel shows how ancient civilizations' technologies have influenced modern medical practices. --jacket
Print Book, English, ©2012
Potomac Books, Washington, D.C., ©2012
History
vii, 267 pages ; 23 cm
9781597978484, 9781597978491, 1597978485, 1597978493
764754391
War, wounds, and disease in the ancient world
The origins of military medicine
Ancient Sumer (4000 to 2000 B.C.)
Egypt (3500 to 350 B.C.)
Assyria (911 to 612 B.C.)
Israel and Persia (1300 to 100 B.C.)
India 400 to 100 B.C.)
Greece (500 to 147 B.C.)
Rome (753 B.C. to A.D. 478)
Barbarians and Byzantines (478 to 1453 A.D.)
Islam and the Middle Ages (600 to 1453 A.D.)
Military medicine in the ancient world