Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation
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Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

  1. 214 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

About this book

Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and healing in the Indus Civilisation in the third to early second millennia BCE, underpinned by original research. It is the result of a detailed study of published human skeletal remains and material culture, with an increasing awareness of the natural environment. When combined with a knowledge of palaeoepidemiology and the natural history of disease, ancient climate change, and what is known of healing and health in contemporary Bronze Age societies of the Near East, with which the Indus Civilisation was in contact, it has been possible to piece together a picture of diseases in the period, the practice of healing and the development of public health. For the first time, the book illustrates the health, life expectancy, and the illnesses and injuries from which those at the bottom of society suffered, both at work and at home.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents Page
  5. List of Figures and Tables
  6. Introduction
  7. Abbreviations
  8. 1. The Indus Civilisation
  9. 2. Health and Population
  10. 3. Disease and Trauma
  11. 4. Diseases of Occupation
  12. 5. Public Health and Sanitation
  13. 6. Healing and Medicine
  14. 7. Epilogue
  15. Bibliography