Medicine in Homer

Section 1 Introduction
1. Introduction, synopsis of chapters and the Homeric question
2. Homer and orthopaedics
3. Physicians and other medical personnel in Homer
4. Thersites’ cleidocranial dysostosis and the story of the Iliad and Odyssey
5. Which translation of Homer should you use?

Section 2 Trauma in Homer
6. A trauma registry of Homer’s Iliad
7. A trauma registry of Homer’s Odyssey
8. Trauma medicine in Homer
9. Upper extremity injuries in Homer
10. Chest trauma in Homer
11. Abdominal trauma in Homer
12. Lower extremity injuries in Homer
13. Maxillofacial trauma in Homer
14. Trauma in Homer: A classicist’s analysis and perspective

Section 3 Neurology, Toxicology, Infectious Disease and Genetics in Homer
15. Neurotrauma and other neurology in Homer
16. A Case of antisocial personality disorder in Home
17. Plants, poisons, potions and plague in Homer
18. Eight generation genealogy of Homer’s Trojans

Section 4 Further Perspectives on Medicine in Homer
19. Dating Homer’s linguistics with genetic methods
20. The Iliad’s and Odyssey's mythological networks
21. Did Homer write both the Iliad and the Odyssey?
22. Earthworks and geology in Homer
23. Women in Homer: A veteran’s perspective
24. War and medicine in Homer: a combat veteran’s perspective
25. Conclusion and future studies