Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health in Ancient Mesopotamia
Medicine in ancient Mesopotamia grew out of a folk tradition of what is usually called herbal medicine. In such traditions, plants and plant products, minerals, and animals and their products furnish the basic ingredients of the medications.
Mysticism and Urology in Ancient Egypt
Conclusion: Our presentation will give an overview of the practice of urology in ancient Egypt, both in terms of pharmacologic and surgical intervention but also with a look into the religion of medicine practiced at that time.
The Mandrake and the Ancient World
It was frequently sought after by magicians and others who attempted the treatment of insanity in the ancient world, and was probably used most of all in the form of a potion.
The Breath of Life in Aristotle
Thus, answering the question,
The History of Sepsis from Ancient Egypt to the XIX Century
The oldest report we have about sepsis associated with wounds goes back to Edwin Smith
Artificial Cranial Modification in the Ancient World
A short paper that reviews the practices of trephination and head-shaping in the ancient world.
Amber in the Ancient Near East
In ancient India and Egypt, it was burned as incense, believed to purify temples and palaces. From antiquity, people have believed that amber has healing properties.
Poking into medicine in ancient Egypt
Some medical papyri have survived (listed below); one is still being studied by a professional team at the Louvre, but we already know it is about cancer. Cancer did exist in ancient Egypt and before humans existed, as there are dinosaur specimens with traces of a previous existence of a tumour.
Nepenthes and Cannabis in Ancient Greece
In Ancient Greece, there was not much use of drugs. There is not even a word in Greek to identify the ‘addicted’ nor does Greek contain any concept of drug dependence
The reported thoracic injuries in Homer's Iliad
In this poem Homer presents the battles which took place during the last year of the 10-year lasting Trojan War between Achaeans and Trojans. We wanted to examine the chest wounds, especially those which are described in detail, according to their localization, severity and mortality.