Prostheses in antiquity / edited by Jane Draycott.

Today, a prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, generally designed and assembled according to the individual's appearance and functional needs with a view to being both as unobtrusive and as useful as possible. In classical antiquity, however, this was not necessa...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors:	Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Series:	Medicine and the body in antiquity.
Subjects:	Prosthesis. Prostheses and Implants.