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CHAPTER XIII

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SANITATION. 155

Water-supply--Its extent--The Aqueducts--Distribution in city--Drainage--Disposal of the Dead--Cremation and Burial--Catacombs--Public Health Regulations

APPENDIX.

FEES IN ANCIENT TIMES 162

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Asklepios, the ancient Greek Deity of Healing _frontispiece_

Machaon (Son of Asklepios), the first Greek Military Surgeon, attending to the wounded Menelaus _p._ 17

PLATE I.--Bust of Æsculapius _face p._ 13

" II.--Hygeia, the Greek Deity of Health " 15

" III.--Facade of Temple of Asklepios, restored (Delfrasse) " 18

" IV.--Health Temple, restored (Caton) " 20

OUTLINES OF Greek and Roman Medicine

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