MedicineandHealthcareinRomanBritain

InconsideringmedicineinRomanBritainitiscrucialnottobeblinkeredbymodernviewsandvalues;healthcaremustalwaysbeseenincontext.Viewedfromthetwenty-firstcenturyperspective，itiseasytodismissordenigratesomeaspectsofRomanmedicineandyettooverstateothers.Howcanwebeconfidentthatabronzeinstrumentwasactuallyasurgicaltool?Areaqueducts，drainsandbath-housesreallyareflectionofromanconcernforthepublichealth?ShouldwesoeasilydismissdreamtherapyandotherapparentlybizarretreatmentsasbeingineffectiveinthecontextofRomanBritain?InthisbookDrSummertonhasassembledandcriticallyexaminesthearchaeological，epigraphicandliteraryevidenceforhealthcareinRomanBritain，setinthecontextoftheRomanEmpire.