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Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Background Premodern medical texts are an invaluable source for scholars from humanities and sciences. However, they are usually not accessible as few scientists with an interest in premodern materia medica are also qualified philologists.
Andreas Lardos, Barbara Zipser, Robert Allkin, Rebecca Lazarou, Andrew C. Scott, Mark Nesbitt   +5 more
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Insanity in Byzantine and Islamic Medicine

Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 1984
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A Companion to Byzantine Science edited by Stavros Lazaris

Aestimatio, 2023
: A Companion to Byzantine Science est un volume composé de 13 chapitres, d’une introduction de Stavros Lazaris, d’une conclusion d’Anne Tihon et de trois index (index général, index des manuscrits et index des noms modernes) réalisés par Antonio ...
Émilie Villey
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Wine and Myrrh as Medicaments or a Commentary on Some Aspects of Ancient and Byzantine Mediterranean Society

Studia Ceranea, 2019
The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted in book V of De materia medica by Pedanius Dioscorides, the eminent expert in materia medica of the 1st century A.D.
Zofia Rzeźnicka, Maciej Kokoszko
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Gender, Diseases, and Sexuality in the Writings of Soranus, Aetius of Amida and Paul of Aegina: Contributions to the Anthropology of Disease in Byzantium

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2022
By focusing on the anthropology of disease, the paper suggests some new research avenues within the field of gender in Byzantium. Gynaecological manuals from the second to seventh centuries A.D.
Larisa Orlov Vilimonović
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Improved PBFT Algorithm Based on Comprehensive Evaluation Model

Applied Sciences, 2023
Blockchain technology is well known due to the advent of Bitcoin. With the development of recent years, blockchain technology has been widely used in medicine, digital currency, energy, etc.
Wangxi Jiang, Xiaoxiong Wu, Mingyang Song, Jiwei Qin, Zhenhong Jia   +4 more
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Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and "Tuccetum"

Studia Ceranea, 2014
The present study discusses the role of salt-cured meat in dietetics, medicine and gastronomy demonstrated mainly in ancient and Byzantine medical (Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Anthimus, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina) and agronomic (Cato,
Zofia Rzeźnicka, Maciej Kokoszko, Krzysztof Jagusiak   +2 more
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Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) in Ancient Medicine and Roman Law [PDF]

Farmacja Polska, 2023
This article deals with the history of pharmacy and law, for which the common denominator is the Janus face of Conium maculatum L. (Greek: κώνειον). It is a poisonous plant of the celery family (Apiaceae), usually associated with the Athenian court's ...
Dagmara Skrzywanek-Jaworska, Konrad Tadajczyk   +1 more
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Herbs as pharmaka: between Medicine, Astrology and Magic

Studia Ceranea, 2023
In the ancient and Byzantine world, natural elements were used to cure a certain disease, as attested by traditional medical sources such as Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Galen. However, the therapeutic properties of these substances are also described in
Giulia Freni
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يوحـــنا الليــدي ودوره السياسي والحضاري في الدولة البيزنطية من 490إلي 552م John Lydus and his political and cultural role in the Byzantine Empire from490 to 552 AD [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut
تهدف الدراسة إلى التعرف على أحد رجال عصر الإمبراطور جستنيان، وهو "يوحنا الليدي John Lydus" الذي تقلد مناصب عديدة، وألف العديد من المؤلفات وكان له تأثير في تطور الفكر البيزنطي.
إيمـان محمـود أحمـد ســقيو
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