Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine

This compact volume sketches the development of healing arts from the earliest shrines of Asclepius in Greece to the organized medical practice of imperial Rome. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources, the author outlines how temples, public baths, and civic infrastructure such as aqueducts shaped both preventive care and treatment. The narrative stays clear and concise, making it suitable for medical students, practitioners, and anyone curious about the roots of modern health science.

The work follows the major milestones—Hippocratic theory, the philosophical debates of Plato and Aristotle, the anatomical breakthroughs of the Alexandrian school, and the pragmatic methods of Roman physicians like Celsus and Andromachus. Illustrations bring to life the instruments, surgical techniques, and textual fragments that survived the ages. Readers gain a vivid sense of how ancient ideas were recorded, revisited, and sometimes rediscovered in later centuries.