Another medical journey to ancient Rome and Roman medicine with medical historian
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This is the third volume of the monumental A History of Medicine series by the medical historian and classical scholar Plinio Prioreschi M.D., PhD.[1] A limited number of these books were published, and the reader would be fortunate to find copies of the tomes for less than $350 U.S. dollars. We have already reviewed Volume I: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (2nd ed.ition, 1995) and Volume II: Greek Medicine (2nd edition, 1996).[2,3] We found both of these tomes to be excellent journeys to the history of medicine (and indirectly medical ethics). This third volume continues the well‐researched scholarly tradition as well as hypnotic eloquence of Dr. Plinio Prioreschi’s narrative.
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A journey through time to ancient Greek medicine with medical historian and classical scholar Plinio Prioreschi, MD, PhD
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