| Egyptian imprints on Geto-Dacian magical medicine. | |
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PMID: 21657103 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Several characteristics of Egyptian culture and civilization could be identified in prehistoric and ancient historic Geto-Dacian territories, belonging to modern Romania (Fig. 1). From early times, magic, religion and philosophy have been part of pre-scientific medicine. Therefore these aspects are to be tackled when speaking of medicine in mythological or legendary ages. Progress of ancient Geto-Dacian medicine was principally ascribed to the interface of local civilizations with ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Such connections were well documented and understood in historic times and were mainly based on texts of renowned Greek and Roman historians. Egyptian impact upon Dacia, -the ancient name of today's Romania-, was often explained in terms of indirect Greek- or Roman-mediated influences.The Greek and then the Roman colonies on the Black sea shore, together with later Roman colonies in Dacia Felix, founded in the heart of Transylvania, enabled access for Romania to Mediterranean cultures, including that of Egypt. |
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Dana Baran |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Vesalius : acta internationales historiae medicinae Volume: Suppl ISSN: - ISO Abbreviation: Vesalius Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-06-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9517855 Medline TA: Vesalius Country: Belgium |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 19-23 Citation Subset: QIS |
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International Society for the History of Medicine, Romania. dana_baran@yahoo.com |
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