Cambridge Classicist and Medical Doctor discuss ancient health and medicine

With Dr Rebecca Flemming and Dr Piers Mitchell. The last few decades have witnessed a range of exciting developments in the field of ancient health and medicine—from the discovery of new texts by Galen and hundreds of Roman surgical instruments in Rimini, to new scientific techniques for the study of ancient pathogen DNA and the analysis of ancient drug compounds. Rebecca and Piers discuss these finds and approaches. How do they change our understanding of health, disease and the medical arts in the classical world?