D. R. Brothwell and A. T. Sandison (eds.:) Diseases in Antiquity: A Survey of the Diseases, Injuries and Surgery of Early Populations. Springfield, Ill.: C. C. Thomas, 1967. 766 pp. $39.75

Henry E. Sigerist: A History of Medicine. I: Primitive and Archaic Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press Galaxy Books, 1967. (First published as No. 27, Historical Library, Yale Medical Library, 1951.) 581 pp., 48 pls. $3.50

John Scarborough: Roman Medicine. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969. 238 pp., 49 pls. 17 figs. 50s

P. V. Tobias: Olduvai Gorge (ed. L. S. B. Leakey), Vol. 2: The Cranium and Maxillary Dentition of Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) Boisei. Cambridge: University Press, 1967. 280 pp., 43 pls., 39 figs., 49 tables. 90s

Paul A. Janssens: Palaeopathology: diseases and injuries of prehistoric man. London: John Baker, 1970. 170 pp., 75 pls., 2 chronological tables. £2 15s. (£2.75)

Science and Secrets of Early Medicine by Jürgen Thorwald. London: Thames and Hudson, 1963. 331 pp., 8 colour pls., 370 illustrations. 42s.Magic and Medical Science in Ancient Egypt by Paul Ghalioungui. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 189 pp., 16

scholarly article by Calvin Wells published June 1964 in Antiquity