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Snails, culture and nutrition

Posted by agostino2013 | Jul 14, 2020 | Posts |

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

Posted by agostino2013 | Oct 19, 2018 | Posts |

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

Posted by agostino2013 | Jan 28, 2018 | Posts |

Throughout his works on pharmacology, and especially in his fundamental On simple drugs, Galen...

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Rethinking ancient pharmacology: Galen’s treatise On simple drugs

Posted by agostino2013 | Jul 31, 2017 | Posts |

Galen’t treatise On simple drugs in eleven books holds a special place in the history of...

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Early printed books at Johns Hopkins: a time traveller’s capsule?

Posted by agostino2013 | Apr 25, 2017 | Posts |

Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, Maryland. Prematurely summery weather and vegetation, mellow...

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Snails, culture and nutrition
Jul 14, 2020 | Posts
Galen, Trajan, and history
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Forbidden material, illicit books? Galen on Xenocrates of Aphrodisias
Jan 28, 2018 | Posts
Rethinking ancient pharmacology: Galen’s treatise On simple drugs
Jul 31, 2017 | Posts
Early printed books at Johns Hopkins: a time traveller’s capsule?
Apr 25, 2017 | Posts

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