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Evolution of chest defense in the Roman era [PDF]

open access: yesInterdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
Michael Belingheri   +2 more
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Water, toilets and public health in the Roman era

open access: yesWater Science and Technology: Water Supply, 2010
Toilets have a long history. The aim of this article is to examine the influence of water and toilets on public health during the Roman era (circa 200 B.C.–500 A.D.). Toilets during the Roman era can be divided into two groups: public and private. A public toilet was often built in proximity to or inside a bath so that it was easily entered from both ...
exaly   +2 more sources

Pan-European atmospheric lead pollution, enhanced blood lead levels, and cognitive decline from Roman-era mining and smelting [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
, Joseph Mcconnell, Nathan Chellman
exaly   +2 more sources

Surgery in the Graeco-Roman era

open access: yesSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2006
In the Graeco-Roman era medical treatment characteristically consisted of regimen (diet and a healthy lifestyle), medicaments and surgery – the latter being reserved for those cases in which regimen and medicaments had failed. Evidence of primitive surgery dates back to the Bronze Age, and the Homeric epics describe surgical treatment of war wounds ...
François P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Orthopedics in the Graeco - Roman era

open access: yesSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2009
In this study the evolutionary development of orthopedics (management of diseases of bones and joints), which commenced in early Mesopotamia and Egypt, is followed through Classical times.The Greek infl  uence probably commenced in the 6thcentury BC with Democedes of Croton who cured the Persian king’s dislocated ankle. The Corpus Hippocraticum laid the
Louise Cilliers, François Retief
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ROMAN DACIA IN THE DIGITAL ERA

open access: yesJOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020
The study of Roman Dacia in the last two centuries produced thousands of articles, studies, monographs and proceedings and revealed at least 3800 archaeological sites from the short period of existence of the province between 106-270 AD. The large quantity of material evidence – epigraphic, figurative, ceramic, architectural and numismatic – is ...
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Medications and their use in the Graeco-Roman era

open access: yesSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2007
As from the 6th century BC Graeco-Roman medical therapy comprised three components, viz. diet and healthy lifestyle (regimen), surgery and medicaments (pharmacotherapy), of which the latter was the oldest. Although the Corpus Hippocraticum (5th century BC), with minor Egyptian influence, contained no text of medicines as such, and seemed to prefer ...
François Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Conflicts in Roman Land Law in the Era of the Empire

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine agriculture of the Ancient Rome from the point of view of the development of judicial proceedings in this branch. During the period of transition from the Republic to the Empire several systems of land surveying were formed in Rome, which contributed to the improvement of land management.
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