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An Account of Roman Surgical Treatments for Ozena: Historical Review. [PDF]
LaryngoscopeThis historical study investigates ancient Roman surgical techniques for treating ozena as described by Celsus, with a focus on its historical and etymological context. Independent translation and archaeological evidence contextualize two ancient procedures: closed nasal cauterization using a heated probe and an open approach involving dissection and ...
Hammond P, Benefiel RR, Lam K.
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Ethnies et territoires hispaniques dans la Géographie de Ptolémée
Gerión, 2023 La Géographie de Ptolémée, pour la péninsule Ibérique, est d’une richesse inégalée dans notre documentation, puisqu’il compte plus de soixante noms de peuples, dont près d’un tiers sont inédits.
Arthur Haushalter
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Menstrual Blood: Uses, Values, and Controls in Ancient Rome
Cahiers Mondes Anciens, 2022 The purpose of this article is to examine the positive and negative properties of menstrual blood in Ancient Rome and its related uses. Building on such premises, I go on to explore the cultural practices involving this ambivalent substance. I argue that
Sophie Chavarria
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Divine Nature and the Natural Divine: The Marine Folklore of Pliny the Elder
Green Letters. Studies in Ecocriticism, 2021 This article considers the depiction of the marine world and its mythical inhabitants in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder. Through an ecocritical reading of the text, whereby I consider Pliny’s tendency to conceptualise Nature as a divinity and his
Ryan Denson
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ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2022 The article is devoted to the study of the reception of the ancient heritage in European culture and its importance for the development of Russian natural science in XVIII century. For this purpose the author turns to the well-known Russian scientist and
D. Dorofeev
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Acque reflue e rischio ambientale: inquinamento fluviale nella Roma imperiale
Erga-Logoi, 2021 The paper intends to examine a specific area of research concerning the pollution of large rivers – the Tiber above all but not exclusively – and the resulting contamination of water and air as well as the depletion of fish fauna and related food risks ...
Gaetano Arena
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A critical reassessment of the novel weapons hypothesis and allelopathy as an adaptive strategy that facilitates plant invasion. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary Plants have evolved an assortment of chemical adaptations that integrate environmental cues with developmental processes to regulate growth and reproduction. A subset of these phytochemicals may be considered allelopathic adaptations if they enhance fitness by suppressing competition for limiting resources.
Colautti RI, Antunes PM.
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Pline l’Ancien a-t-il cru à ses mythes ?
Pallas, 2009 Book VII of Pliny the Elder’ s Natural History, devoted to man, ends on a curious catalogue of inventors and inventions. It is on the treatment of myth in that inventory that we intend to ponder.
Valérie Naas
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Publica aut peri! The Releasing and Distribution of Roman Books [PDF]
, 2007 This outline of our knowledge of the process of releasing literature in late republican and early imperial Rome addresses the nature of the recitations, the question of ‘publishing’ and distribution of books, from Atticus to Pliny the Younger.
Jon Wikene Iddeng
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Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and Tuccetum [PDF]
, 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 ...
Jagusiak, Krzysztof +2 more
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