Prostheses in antiquity / edited by Jane Draycott.

Other author Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionp. ; cm.
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SeriesMedicine and the body in antiquity
Medicine and the body in antiquity. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents The complex aspects of experimental archaeology : the design of working models of two ancient Egyptian great toe prostheses / Jacky Finch -- A very distinctive smile : Etruscan dental appliances / Jean Mackintosh Turfa and Marshall Becker -- Prosthetic hair in ancient Rome / Jane Draycott -- "An amputee may go out with his wooden aid on Shabbat" : dynamics of prosthetic discourse in Talmudic traditions / Lennart Lehmhaus -- Evidence of a late antique amputation in a skeleton from Hemmaberg / Josef Eitler and Michaela Binder -- Living prostheses / Katherine van Schaik -- "Prosthetic imagination" in Greek literature / Anne-Sophie Noel -- The psychology of prostheses : substitution strategies and notions of normality / Ellen Adams.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017038466
ISBN9781472488091 (hardback : alk. paper)

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