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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2868398, member: 42634&quot;]Interesting!&nbsp; We&#039;re lucky to live when we do as far as medical treatment goes aren&#039;t we?&nbsp; It&#039;s also pretty amazing some of the stuff ancient cultures figured out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of books about ancient medicine I&#039;d endorse for those interested.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I loved this books, coins even make a few appearances.&nbsp; You can get one shipped to you for under 10 bucks.&nbsp; Oldie but goodie.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Hand-Commonwealth-Publications-1975-01-01/dp/B019NEB3AO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506907213&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=healing+hand+wound" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Hand-Commonwealth-Publications-1975-01-01/dp/B019NEB3AO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506907213&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=healing+hand+wound" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Hand-Commonwealth-Publications-1975-01-01/dp/B019NEB3AO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506907213&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=healing+hand+wound</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Man and Wound in the Acient World.</p><p><br /></p><p>Focuses on military medicine.&nbsp; The author makes a case a wounded soldier had a better chance of surviving if he was treated by a good Roman military medic than&nbsp; anyone until the later part of the 19th century.&nbsp; &nbsp; Also cheap!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Wound-Ancient-World-Constantinople/dp/1597978485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506909098&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=man+and+wound+in+the+ancient+world" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Wound-Ancient-World-Constantinople/dp/1597978485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506909098&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=man+and+wound+in+the+ancient+world" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Man-Wound-Ancient-World-Constantinople/dp/1597978485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506909098&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=man+and+wound+in+the+ancient+world</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my favorite coin of Galerius!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]684873[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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