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Title Disabilities in Roman Antiquity : Disparate Bodies, a capite ad calcem / edited by Christian Laes, Chris Goodey, M. Lynn Rose.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Mnemosyne, supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; v. 356
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 356.
Note Subtitle also reads as: Disparate bodies, from head to toe.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies.
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Subject Medicine, Greek and Roman -- History.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
History.
People with mental disabilities -- Rome -- History.
People with disabilities -- Rome -- History.
Medical archaeology.
Medical archaeology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Laes, Christian, editor.
Goodey, C. F., editor.
Rose, Martha L., 1957- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Disabilities in Roman antiquity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013 9789004248311 (DLC) 2013005743 (OCoLC)828056144
ISBN 9789004251250 (electronic book)
9004251251 (electronic book)
9789004248311
9004248315