Disease and death in the ancient city of Rome
This paper surveys textual and physical evidence of disease and mortality in the city of Rome in the late republican and imperial periods. It emphasizes the significance of seasonal mortality data and the weaknesses of age at death records and paleodemographic analysis, considers the complex role of environmental features and public infrastructure, and highlights the very considerable promise of scientific study of skeletal evidence of stress and disease.
How lead-based Egyptian eye makeup was used to treat eye ailments ?
Some 4000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians used lead to make eyeliners with medical properties.