The study of the Ancient World can be hugely rewarding, offering a rich, varied range of options for investigation and consideration. However, it's that very richness which can make it difficult to know exactly where to begin. To help, we've produced some suggestions for further reading on the three subjects we've focused on - cities, maths and medicine - and a range of courses which pick up on the themes of What The Ancients Did For Us.

Medicine

Further Reading
Companion Encyclopedia Of The History Of Medicine, Volume 1.
Bynum, W. F. and Porter, R. 1993.
Routledge, London.

The Western Medical Tradition 800 BC To AD 1800.
Conrad, L. I. et al. 1995.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

A History Of Medicine: From Prehistory To The Year 2020
Duin, N. 1992.
Simon & Schuster, London.

Death And Disease In The Ancient City
Hope, V. M. and Marshall, E. (eds.) 2000.
Routledge, London.

Hippocrates' Woman: Reading The Female Body In Ancient Greece
King, H. 1998.
Routledge, London.

Greek And Roman Medicine.
King, H. 2001.
Bristol Classical Press, Bristol.

Health In Antiquity
King, H. (ed.) 2004.
Routledge, London.

Doctors And Diseases In The Roman Empire
Jackson, R. 1988.
British Museum Press, London.

Hippocrates
Jouanna, J. 1999.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Western Medicine: An Illustrated History
Loudon, I. 1997.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Ancient Medicine
Nutton, V. 2004.
Routledge, London.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
Porter, R. 1996.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

The Greatest Benefit To Mankind: A Medical History Of Humanity From Antiquity To The Present
Porter, R. 1997.
Harper Collins, London.

Medicine: A History Of Healing, Ancient Traditions To Modern Practices
Porter, R. 1997.
Marlowe & Co, New York.

Contraception And Abortion From The Ancient World To The Renaissance
Riddle, J. M. 1992.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., London.

The Archaeology Of Disease
Roberts, C. and Manchester, K. 1995.
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

The Art Of Medicine In Early Alexandria / Herophilus
Staden, H. von. 1989.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Weblinks
Medicine Index - The Ancient World Web's links to other resources on ancient medicine

History of Near Eastern Medicine - An in-depth consideration of medicine in Mesopotamia and ancient Iran

The Asclepion - Indiana University's collection of ancient medicine resources

On Ancient Medicine - An online translation of Hippocrate's work.

History of Western Biomedicine - A vast collection of weblinks to take you further still

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