Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 The Identity of Physicians during the High Roman Empire 11
The Establishment of Medicine as a Profession in Rome 12
The Nature of the Medical Market Place during the High Roman Empire 30
The Case of Psasnis 35
Conclusion 43
2 Patients' Understanding of Health and Illness 45
Patients and Their Healers 46
Physicians and Temple Medicine 52
Aelius Aristides 63
Conclusion 67
3 The Domus and Reproduction 70
Childbirth 71
Physicians and Midwives 76
Mothers' Experiences 84
Conclusion 85
4 Health Care in the Roman Army 87
Theoretical Background 88
The Establishment of the Roman Imperial Medical Corps 92
The Responsibilities of the Army Physician and of the Medical Corps 96
Military Physicians and Local Populations 105
Conclusion 108
5 Medical Tourism during the High Roman Empire 110
Temples 111
Water 117
Cities 124
Conclusion 134
Conclusion 135
Notes 139
Bibliography 173
Index 185