We're delighted to announce the launch of The Rootcutter, the SAM's official blog and home to accessible scholarly writing on ancient and modern medicines! societyancientmedicine.org/the-rootcutter…

Maria Christodolou inaugurates our essay series, "The Best Doctor is also a Historian," by documenting her attempt to make thyme-infused wine according to Dioscorides' recipe. societyancientmedicine.org/the-rootcutter…

Read The Rootcutter, where Candace Buckner discusses birth outcomes, internalized maternal blame, and a fragmentary letter from Egypt, in which a woman named Esther begs to know the rules to follow so that she won't lose another child. societyancientmedicine.org/the-rootcutter…

New Cambridge Element Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth by Christian Laes is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/4awcmIk #cambridgeelements #classicalstudies

We are happy to publish the latest entry for the Rootcutter, "Violence and Health in Imperial Rome," by Colin Webster Colin Webster. societyancientmedicine.org/the-rootcutter…

--> deadline next Friday, March 14, 2025 <-- CfP - "Health and Identity at the Personal and Communal Levels" (SAM panel, 157th SCS Annual Meeting, January 7–10, 2026, San Francisco) societyancientmedicine.org/announcements/…