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Prostheses in Antiquity (Medicine and the Body in Antiquity) by Jane Draycott - undifferentiated, Jane Draycott is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Today, A Prosthesis Is An Artificial Device That Replaces A Missing Body Part, Generally Designed And Assembled According To The Individual's Appearance And Functional Needs With A View To Being Both As Unobtrusive And As Useful As Possible. In Classical Antiquity, However, This Was Not Necessarily The Case. The Ancient Literary And Documentary Evidence For Prostheses And Prosthesis Use Is Contradictory, And The Bioarchaeological And Archaeological Evidence Is Enigmatic, But Discretion And Utility Were Not Necessarily Priorities. So, When, How And Why Did Individuals Utilise Them? This Volume, The First To Explore Prostheses And Prosthesis Use In Classical Antiquity, Seeks To Answer These Questions, And Will Be Of Interest To Academics And Students With Specialist Interests In Classical Archaeology, Ancient History And History, Especially Those Engaged In Studies Of Healing, Medical And Surgical Practices, Or Impairment And Disability In Past Societies. The Complex Aspects Of Experimental Archaeology : The Design Of Working Models Of Two Ancient Egyptian Great Toe Prostheses / Jacky Finch -- A Very Distinctive Smile : Etruscan Dental Appliances / Jean Mackintosh Turfa And Marshall

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Author

Jane Draycott - undifferentiated, Jane Draycott

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351232395

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Medical, Humanities