Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times
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This most interesting monograph was presented as a thesis which formed part of the examination for the degree of M. D. of the University of Aberdeen, and it gained for its author "Highest Honours." The object of the book is to lay before the student of medical history an account of the various instruments with which the ancient Greeks and Roman surgeons prosecuted their craft. To understand any of the surgical operations described in the classical authors, it is absolutely necessary to have a clear conception of the instruments made use of. Comparatively little attention has been given to this department of archaeology, the literature bearing on it beinor
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