#ancientmedicine — Public Fediverse posts

📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

The Edwin Smith Papyrus, over 3,500 years old, reveals that Egyptian surgeons understood wound care, bone setting, and basic brain anatomy 1,000 years earlier than thought. It’s not magic, but careful observation and skill. Deep knowledge often hides in plain sight.
Read more: https://thedebrief.org/a-mysterious-ancient-egyptian-text-reveals-evidence-of-advanced-medicine-1000-years-earlier-than-once-thought/

@goodnews

#AncientMedicine #EgyptianWisdom #HumanHistory #GoodNews

Ancient surgeons in Siberia drilled into a woman’s skull to repair her jaw, and she survived—revealing medical knowledge far beyond what we expected.
#AncientMystery #HistoryShock #AncientMedicine #Archaeology #HiddenHistory #HumanHistory #ScienceHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/2500-year-old-siberian-mummy-reveals-world-s-00102575

https://www.europesays.com/ie/395243/ Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago #AncientMedicine #AntibacterialCompounds #antibiotics #Archaeology #BirchTar #Éire #HumanEvolution #IE #Ireland #Neanderthals #PrehistoricTechnology #Science

The Oldest Jaw Surgery in the World.

CT Scan Reveals Complex Jaw Surgery Performed 2,500 Years Ago on a Woman from the Pazyryk Culture.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/the-oldest-jaw-surgery-in-the-world/

#Archaeology #AncientMedicine #AncientSurgery #JawSurgery #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #AncientHistory #HumanHistory #Pazyryk #PazyrykCulture #Scythian #Siberia #AltaiMountains #MedicalHistory #Bioarchaeology #Anthropology #Paleopathology #CTScan #ScienceNews #ScientificDiscovery #AncientCivilizations #AncientTechnology

1,900-year-old Roman unguentarium shows human feces used as medicine with thyme to mask smell

Chemical analysis of residue inside a small Roman glass vial has produced the first direct physical evidence that human feces formed part of a medical treatment in antiquity. Researchers studied a sealed unguentarium recovered from a tomb in Pergamon, a major medical center of the Roman world...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/roman-vessel-shows-human-feces-used-as-medicine/

@archaeology

#archaeology #romanempire #ancientmedicine #pergamon

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 “𝗙𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲” 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆
A Roman flask from Pergamon has yielded chemical proof of a medicine made with human feces, confirming the use of feces-based Roman medicine described in classical texts.
#ancientorigins #AncientHistory #ancientmedicine #ancientrome
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-feces-medicine-00102472

𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 “𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱”
Ancient Mesopotamian tablets show that for certain ailments, the path to recovery could begin not with herbs - but with a visit to a god’s sanctuary.
#AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #ancientmedicine #mesopotamia
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mesopotamian-medicine-ziggurats-00102470

Clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia show that some patients were prescribed a visit to a god before treatment began. Ear and spleen ailments reveal how medicine, ritual, and prognosis intertwined. #Archaeology #AncientMedicine #Anthropology #Assyriology https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-healing-meant-walking-to-a-god

An ancient woman lived with a prosthetic eye nearly 5,000 years ago. Crafted from tar and gold, it reveals shocking medical knowledge in Bronze Age Iran.
#AncientMedicine #LostHistory #DarkScience #Archaeology #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/fake-eye-0016760

The Rod of Asclepius teaches patience and limits. In modern care, which value feels harder to protect? #RodOfAsclepius #Asclepius #MedicalEthics #AncientMedicine #HealingSymbols #HistoryOfMedicine #CareOverCure
https://medium.com/@skmohindroo9/rod-of-asclepius-b865c76be691

Oh, the epic #saga of #colchicine spanning millennia, brought to a screeching halt by the most formidable foe of all: your browser settings! 🖥️➡️🛑 Apparently, ancient medicine can't conquer the mighty #JavaScript toggle. 🙄🔄
https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-three-thousand-year-journey-of #ancientmedicine #browserissues #togglehumor #HackerNews #ngated

The three thousand year journey of colchicine

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-three-thousand-year-journey-of

#HackerNews #colchicine #history #journey #ancientmedicine #pharmaceuticalinnovation #healthscience

Archaeologists in Turkey are restoring what may be the world's oldest psychiatric facility - a 4th century underground monastery in Cappadocia where Byzantine monks treated mental illness using revolutionary therapeutic methods.
#mentalhealth #Cappadocia #ancientmedicine #monasteries #AncientHistory
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/oldest-psychiatric-hospital-cappadocia-0022461

🐛🧠 Oh, joy! Another romp through the leech-infested mind of Danielle who discovered the ancient art of bloodsucking therapy! 🎉 Apparently, in Russia, they still believe in the magical powers of these little vampires, and now Danielle's hooked too—because nothing says "cutting-edge" like medieval medicine. 🧛‍♀️🔮
https://todaythings.substack.com/p/this-is-my-brain-on-leeches #bloodsuckingtherapy #ancientmedicine #medievalhealing #DanielleRussia #healthtrends #HackerNews #ngated

Mad emperor Caligula had surprising medical knowledge, new research reveals from ancient Roman texts

Emperor Caligula is best known for his cruelty and eccentricities. But a new article announces a surprising element of the notorious emperor: his apparent familiarity with ancient medicine, in particular the use of hellebore, an active herb linked with the Greek city of Antikyra...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/mad-emperor-caligula-had-surprising-medical-knowledge/

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#archaeology #ancientmedicine #romanempire #caligula

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Session # 1 - "𝑺𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑶𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒚"
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Session # 2 - "𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕"
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#AncientMedicine #historyofmedicine

Ancient Egyptian doctors tried to treat cancer 4,000 years ago

In a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers have unveiled evidence suggesting that ancient Egyptians, more than 4,000 years ago, may have attempted to treat cancer through surgical interventions...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/05/ancient-egyptian-doctors-tried-to-treat-cancer/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #ancientmedicine #Cancer #egyptology #ancientegypt

Cool news on the #ISAWNYU news blog this morning:

ISAW Professor Claire Bubb receives the 2023 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit

https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-professor-claire-bubb-won-the-2023-charles-j-goodwin-award-of-merit

"... Claire Bubb, ISAW's Assistant Professor of Classical Literature and Science. The Goodwin Awards honor outstanding contributions to classical scholarship by members of the Society. [Bubb's] remarkable _Dissection in Classical Antiquity_ does much more than merely present a history of ..."

#ancientHistory #ancientMedicine #classics

"#Aphrodisiacs for the penis: these stretch the penis and lead to sexual union: pine-cones, pepper, parsley, fillings deer’s penis, turpentine, of each the same amount; mix with honey, and give to drink in wine." Pseudo-Galen, Euporista 2.2

#PhallusThursday #ancientMedicine @antiquidons @LJTrafford @phistorians

Over on the #ISAWNYU blog today we learn that ISAW Assistant Professor Claire Bubb and NYU Classics Professor Emeritus Michael Peachin have published a collected volume, *Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire,* with Oxford University Press.

https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/bubb-publication-roman-medicine-and-law

"Stemming from a conference held at ISAW and NYU Classics in 2019, this collaborative volume collects essays by experts on medicine, law, and intellectual culture ..."

#classics #ancientRome #ancientHIstory #ancientMedicine

#harvested more #goji #tree #leaves today. Making more #soup for my parents. Goji berry #plant is one of our #ancient #ZeroWaste #edible & #medicinal #plants - our ancestral families have used it for centuries.

#Learn more: https://www.chinesemedicineliving.com/nutrition/foods-temperatures/goji-berries

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Holistic #MedicinalFoods #ChineseMedicine #AncientMedicine #NaturalMedicine #AsianMedicine #AsianPlants #PowerfulPlant #GrowEdiblePlants #GrowMedicinalPlants #zone8 #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #PNW

#harvested more #goji #tree #leaves today. Making more #soup for my parents. Goji berry #plant is one of our #ancient #ZeroWaste #edible & #medicinal #plants - our ancestral families have used it for centuries.

#Learn more: https://www.chinesemedicineliving.com/nutrition/foods-temperatures/goji-berries

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Holistic #MedicinalFoods #ChineseMedicine #AncientMedicine #NaturalMedicine #AsianMedicine #AsianPlants #PowerfulPlant #GrowEdiblePlants #GrowMedicinalPlants #zone8 #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #PNW

#harvested more #goji #tree #leaves today. Making more #soup for my parents. Goji berry #plant is one of our #ancient #ZeroWaste #edible & #medicinal #plants - our ancestral families have used it for centuries.

#Learn more: https://www.chinesemedicineliving.com/nutrition/foods-temperatures/goji-berries

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Holistic #MedicinalFoods #ChineseMedicine #AncientMedicine #NaturalMedicine #AsianMedicine #AsianPlants #PowerfulPlant #GrowEdiblePlants #GrowMedicinalPlants #zone8 #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #PNW

#harvested more #goji #tree #leaves today. Making more #soup for my parents. Goji berry #plant is one of our #ancient #ZeroWaste #edible & #medicinal #plants - our ancestral families have used it for centuries.

#Learn more: https://www.chinesemedicineliving.com/nutrition/foods-temperatures/goji-berries

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Holistic #MedicinalFoods #ChineseMedicine #AncientMedicine #NaturalMedicine #AsianMedicine #AsianPlants #PowerfulPlant #GrowEdiblePlants #GrowMedicinalPlants #zone8 #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #PNW

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paracelsus-ArchidoxesOfMagic/pages/158-aries-a/

Some magic circles taken from a 1656 English translation of a manuscript of “Celestial Medicine” said to be by Paracelsus (1493–1541). These circles, when engraved onto coins made in a particular way at the right time, are said to invoke the mysterious power of the Zodiac. Wow.

I won’t toot here for each image :)

#fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #occult #religion #ancientMedicine #magicCircles #zodiac #astrology #Aries