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The healing hand: Man and wound in the ancient world.

MAJNO, Guido (1922 – 2010) PubMedCentral

Publication Details

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975 CE.

Emphasizing surgery, this is an exceptionally imaginative and exquisitely designed and illustrated history of medicine in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China.

Browse Tags

Ancient
Asia & Pacific
Surgery & Anesthesia
Zoology & Animal Sciences

Thematic Classifications

ANCIENT MEDICINE › History of Ancient Medicine & Biology COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › China, People's Republic of COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Greece COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Italy SURGERY: General › History of Surgery

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#5813.10
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6961
Author Bio Link	PubMedCentral ↗
External URL	the-healing-hand-man-and-wound-in-the-ancient-world

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, MA

Mentioned in annotation: Rome