Stories
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
Catalogue
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Ancient Greek medicine in questions and answers : diagnostics, didactics, dialectics / edited by Michiel Meeusen.
Date: [2020]- Student dissertations
Rationality in ancient Greek medicine / Frederic Bülow.
Bülow, Frederic.Date: 2005- Books
'Greek' and 'Roman' in Latin medical texts : studies in cultural change and exchange in ancient medicine / edited by Brigitte Maire.
Date: [2014]- Books
The transitions from ancient Egyptian to Greek medicine / [J.B. de C.M. Saunders].
Saunders, J. B. deC. M. (John Bertrand deCusance Morant), 1903-1991.Date: 1963- Books
Holism in ancient medicine and its reception / edited by Chiara Thumiger.
Date: [2021]