Roman Domestic Medical Practice in Central Italy

Roman Domestic Medical Practice in Central Italy examines the roles that the home, the garden, and the members of the household (freeborn, freed, and slave) played in the acquisition and maintenance of good physical and mental health and well-being.

Jane Draycott is Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow in Ancient Science and Technology at the University of Glasgow, UK. Previously she was Lecturer in Classics at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Associate Teacher in Roman Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, all in the UK, and 2011-2012 Rome Fellow at the British School at Rome, Italy.

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: Health and Healthiness in the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire; Chapter Two: The Roman House and Garden; Chapter Three: The Roman Household; Chapter Four: The Transmission of Medical Knowledge; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index