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More underwater finds of Roman medical equipment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Gibbins*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Liverpool, William Hartley Building, Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, England

Extract

The intricacy and variety of classical ‘small finds‘ again combine with the dangers — so archaeologically helpful and satisfying — of Roman sea-faring to point directly to how Roman surgeons carried out their skills.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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