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The History of Byzantium

Byzantine Stories Episode 5 - Roman Healthcare. Part 1 - Choosing Your Provider

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Part 1 is an overview of the history of Greek medicine. How it developed and what kind of treatments were on offer.

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0:45.8

Byzantine Stories

0:48.8

Episode 5

0:51.2

Roman Healthcare

0:54.1

Part 1

1:03.0

Choosing

1:05.2

Your Provider

1:06.1

So far on the Byzantine Stories series, we've covered the lives of a bishop,

1:15.7

an ascetic, a charioteer and a historian.

1:20.6

A doctor was definitely on the list of lives I wanted to explore.

1:26.1

But a simple biography was never going to be enough when dealing with a subject

1:31.2

that we're all so intimately acquainted with.

1:35.5

Nor was a physician the only option for ill health in the ancient world.

1:41.2

In order to do justice to Roman Healthcare, we're going to need a three-part story.

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