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A History of Military Medicine Vol I: From Ancient Times to the Middle Ages

By Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz

Foreword by John Keegan

ISBN: 0-313-28402-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28402-1

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272 pages, figures, illustrations, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 5/30/1992

List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies

Series Number: 124

Endorsement From
John Keegan

from the Foreword: It is this history [of military medicine], so central to the art of warfare, that Richard Gabriel and Karen Metz survey in this invaluable book. . . . No one has hitherto attempted . . . a comprehensive treatment of the subject from the earliest times to the present day and from all civilizations. To have written such a study is Gabriel's and Metz's achievement. It will become an automatic source for all military historians, for medical historians interested in the parallel development of military and civil medicine, and for anyone else concerned with this aspect of warfare through the ages.

Description: Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz have completed this unique two-volume work: the first published comprehensive history of military medicine in the Western world. This first volume deals with the period starting with Sumer (4000 B.C.), and continues with analyses of military medicine in Ancient Egypt (3500 B.C.-350 B.C.), Assyria (911 B.C.-612 B.C.), Israel, Persia, and India (1300 B.C.-100 B.C.), Greece (500 B.C.-147 B.C.), and Rome (753 B.C.-478 A.D.). Also included is a chapter on barbarians, Byzantines, and Islam--ending the first volume with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Since the transfer of information or practices relevant to military medicine were rare in ancient civilizations, this volume examines each civilization as an individual detailed case study. Volume I ends with an overview of military medicine in the ancient world, a bibliography, and a general subject index. Both of these volumes are of considerable value to students and scholars in the disciplines of world history, military studies, and medical history. The Gabriel-Metz undertaking promises to stimulate an intensive re-examination of military medical history.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
War and Medicine in the Ancient World
Ancient Sumer, 4000 to 2000 B.C.
Egypt, 3500 to 350 B.C.
Assyria, 911 to 612 B.C.
Israel, Persia, and India, 1300 to 100 B.C.
Greece, 500 to 147 B.C.
Rome, 753 B.C to A.D. 478
Barbarians, Byzantines, Islam, and the Middle Ages
Military Medicine in the Ancient World
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 91-32404

LCC Class: RC971

Dewey Class: 616.9


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