Sunday, February 26, 2023

Archaeology of Health and Disease, Part I

 Recently I taught this course at our local Osher Lifelong Learning center. Here are some of the links I promised for more information or deeper dives:

An amputation in the Stone Age.

MESOPOTAMIA

Very good summary by Prof. Nancy Demand

Online article by Laura Zucconi, author of an excellent "deep dive" book, Ancient Medicine from Mesopotamia to Rome (2019)



More on Mesopotamian health and medicine.

EGYPTIAN MEDICINE

Egyptian leg brace

ROMAN MEDICINE

Evidence for spinal tuberculosis at Pompeii.


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