title: Doctors in ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical education.
abstract: This article collects and examines all references to doctors in rhetorical exercises used in ancient Greek and Roman schools in the Roman Empire. While doctors are sometimes portrayed positively as philanthropic, expert practitioners of their divinely sanctioned art, they are more often depicted as facing charges for poisoning their patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Classics, The University of Iowa, 210 Jefferson Building, Iowa City, IA 52242-1418.
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000266:history; D028743:Professional Misconduct / Q000266:history; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*