title: [When no doctor is on call. Medical works for lay persons in late antiquity].
abstract: The article offers a survey of the chief medical texts for lay persons in Latin, followed by a more detailed discussion of two examples, hare's brain for teething troubles and remedies for nosebleed.
authors: Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, D. kdfisch@uni-mainz.de
authors: Klaus-dietrich
authors: KD
authors: Fischer
mesh_terms: D004844:Epistaxis / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009945:Organotherapy / Q000266:history*; D018644:Roman World; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000187:drug effects*