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The healing hand : man and wound in the ancient world / Guido Majno.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1975.Description: xxiii, 571 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0674383303 :
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Contents:
Prelude -- Asu (Mesopotamia) -- Swnw (Egypt) -- Iatros (Greece) -- Perfumes of Arabia -- Yang I (China) -- Alexandria the great -- Medicus (Rome) -- Galen -- and into the night.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks R135.M34 1 Available 33710000891601

"A Commonwealth Fund book."

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 425-469.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Prelude -- Asu (Mesopotamia) -- Swnw (Egypt) -- Iatros (Greece) -- Perfumes of Arabia -- Yang I (China) -- Alexandria the great -- Medicus (Rome) -- Galen -- and into the night.