roman medical diet

[theelichtje]

Does anyone has a good (prefer english or dutch) source about
the diet that was given to wounded soldiers and stuff?
i'm also looking for the most used medical tools in the army.
I tried to find Davies but couldn't find his books about roman medici in the army.

thanks

[Martin Moser]

Again I'd advise you to go through the (translated) works of Celsus and Galen.
As for Davies, did you try university libraries - generally they allow access for non-students also.

[Medicus matt]

Mark Grant's book "Galen On Food and Diet" is widely available.

As for the most used tools, I'd have thought cauteries, clamps,scalpels, bone levers, retractors and spathomele...lots of spathomele.

[theelichtje]

thanks especially for the book, i'll try to get it

for Martin : thank you as well
I looked and i couldn't found an avaible copy of it so i'm
going to get it delivered from another university if that's possible ofc