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Health Care in the Roman North

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Lindsay Allason-Jones
Lindsay Allason-Jones
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Museum of Antiquities, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Since 1856 when Sir James Simpson first asked the question ‘was the Roman army provided with medical officers?’ innumerable articles and books have been written on the subject. This paper does not intend to repeat the many points already raised concerning medicine in the Roman Empire but merely aims to assess the evidence for health care in the military zone of North Britain in the first four centuries of our era. Evidence from elsewhere in Britain and the Empire will be used only to clarify details, the geographical area covered being confined to the region north of Catterick and south of the Antonine Wall.

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Britannia , Volume 30 , November 1999 , pp. 133 - 146
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Copyright © Lindsay Allason-Jones 1999. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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