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Women, tumors and anaemia in the ancient world
I have neglected this blog for a long time, owing to my deteriorating health since last autumn....
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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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Rethinking ancient pharmacology: Galen’s treatise On simple drugs
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?
Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, Maryland. Prematurely summery weather and vegetation, mellow...
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