Ancient panaceas
In plague-ridden times such as the Antonine period (whatever the ‘plague’ actually...
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Author: agostino2013
Goodbye 2020, hello 2021:galen in lockdown
Wow, this has been quite a year – certainly the most bizarre I have ever lived. The pandemic...
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Snails, culture and nutrition
A happy snail As my husband’s birthday is looming, I have been wondering about his special...
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Galen, Trajan, and history
Medical texts have been considered as mere historical ‘sources’ and technical works...
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Forbidden material, illicit books? Galen on Xenocrates of Aphrodisias
Throughout his works on pharmacology, and especially in his fundamental On simple drugs, Galen...
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