Medical Latin in the Roman Empire

Despite the ubiquitous importance of medicine in Roman literature, philosophy, and social history, the language of Latin medical texts has not been properly studied. This book presents the first systematic account of a part of this large, rich field. Concentrating on texts of high medicine written in educated, even literary, Latin Langslow offers a detailed linguistic profile of the medical terminology of Celsus and Scribonius Largus (first century AD) and Theodorus Priscianus and Cassius Felix (fifth century AD), with frequent comparisons with their respective near-contemporaries.


Author: D. R. Langslow
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/10/2000
Pages: 536
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780198152798

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