NURSING 492: Global Aspects of Health

E-books

Here is a sampling of e-books available to UW-Green Bay students on the topic of ancient medicine. Use Search@UW to find other books and articles.

Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction by Christian W. McMillen
Call Number: Online Access
Publication Date: 2016
An "account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and, at the same time, social behavior has influenced pandemic disease."
Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
Call Number: Online Access
Publication Date: 1998
Covers the influences of infectious diseases throughout history, organized chronologically.
Ancient Medicine by Vivian Nutton
Call Number: Online Access
Publication Date: 2013
Covers the "life and work of doctors in communities, links between medicine and magic, and examines the different approaches to medicine across the ancient world."
Death and Disease in the Ancient City by Valerie M. Hope & Eireann Marshall (Eds.)
Call Number: Online Access
Publication Date: 2000
Discusses "how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment."
Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire by Ido Israelowich
Call Number: Online Access
Publication Date: 2015
A comprehensive study of both patients and healers in the High Roman Empire.