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PMID: 21657099 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Egyptian medicine is the base of Greek medicine. Egyptian people and their medical knowledge are often mentioned in the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (VIII sec. BCE). Many Greek doctors, such as Melampus, Asclepius as well as Hippocrates visited Egypt to study and understand medicine. This work intends to focus particularly on Homer, Herodotus and Plutarch's letters, where the importance of Egypt in religion, science and medicine is clear. Herodotus (484-420 BCE) in the second book of "The Histories" describes Egypt and the medical knowledge of its doctors. Plutarch (I-II sec CE) in "The virtues of Sparta" and "Life of Lycurgus", tells about an energy beverage, named nepenthe, made with drugs from Egypt. |
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Authors:
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Marco Rossi |
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Vesalius : acta internationales historiae medicinae Volume: Suppl ISSN: 1373-4857 ISO Abbreviation: Vesalius Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-06-10 Completed Date: 2011-07-26 Revised Date: 2013-02-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9517855 Medline TA: Vesalius Country: Belgium |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3-5 Citation Subset: QIS |
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Ospedale Regionale di Treviso. marossi@ulss.tv.it |
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Egypt Greek World / history* History, Ancient Humans Medicine, Traditional / history* |
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Homer; Herodotus; Plutarch |
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