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  1. ๐Ÿ“œโœจ 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 leechesโ€”who knew? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“š
    hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic- #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

  2. ๐Ÿ“œโœจ 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 leechesโ€”who knew? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“š
    hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic- #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

  3. ๐Ÿ“œโœจ 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 leechesโ€”who knew? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“š
    hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic- #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

  4. ๐Ÿ“œโœจ 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 leechesโ€”who knew? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“š
    hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic- #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

  5. ๐Ÿ“œโœจ 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 leechesโ€”who knew? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“š
    hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic- #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated

  6. 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. Itโ€™s not magic, but careful observation and skill. Deep knowledge often hides in plain sight.
    Read more: thedebrief.org/a-mysterious-an

    @goodnews

    #AncientMedicine #EgyptianWisdom #HumanHistory #GoodNews

  7. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rom

    @archaeology

    #archaeology #romanempire #ancientmedicine #pergamon

  8. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€œ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†
    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
    ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  9. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ - ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€
    Ancient Mesopotamian tablets show that for certain ailments, the path to recovery could begin not with herbs - but with a visit to a godโ€™s sanctuary.
    #AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #ancientmedicine #mesopotamia
    ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  10. 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 anthropology.net/p/when-healin

  11. Oh, the epic #saga of #colchicine spanning millennia, brought to a screeching halt by the most formidable foe of all: your browser settings! ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ›‘ Apparently, ancient medicine can't conquer the mighty #JavaScript toggle. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ”„
    worksinprogress.news/p/the-thr #ancientmedicine #browserissues #togglehumor #HackerNews #ngated

  12. 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
    ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  13. ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿง  Oh, joy! Another romp through the leech-infested mind of Danielle who discovered the ancient art of bloodsucking therapy! ๐ŸŽ‰ Apparently, in Russia, they still believe in the magical powers of these little vampires, and now Danielle's hooked tooโ€”because nothing says "cutting-edge" like medieval medicine. ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฎ
    todaythings.substack.com/p/thi #bloodsuckingtherapy #ancientmedicine #medievalhealing #DanielleRussia #healthtrends #HackerNews #ngated

  14. 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: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/mad

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #ancientmedicine #romanempire #caligula

  15. โœจJoin Save Ancient Studies Alliance - SASAโ€™s Special Sessions discussion panels:
    Session # 1 - "๐‘บ๐’๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’ƒ๐’”: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ธ๐’–๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’š"
    ๐Ÿ—“ Sunday, July 20th, 1:00 PM EDT

    Session # 2 - "๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’‘: ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’‚ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’™๐’•"
    ๐Ÿ—“ Monday, July 21th, 3:30 PM EDT

    โžก๏ธ Register for FREE and find the full schedule here: ow.ly/lrrQ50Wb9iZ

    #AncientMedicine #historyofmedicine

  16. 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: archaeologymag.com/2024/05/anc

    Follow @archaeology

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

  17. Cool news on the #ISAWNYU news blog this morning:

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

    isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-profess

    "... 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

  18. "#Aphrodisiacs for the penis: these stretch the penis and lead to sexual union: pine-cones, pepper, parsley, fillings deerโ€™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

  19. 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.

    isaw.nyu.edu/news/bubb-publica

    "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

  20. fromoldbooks.org/Paracelsus-Ar

    Some magic circles taken from a 1656 English translation of a manuscript of โ€œCelestial Medicineโ€ said to be by Paracelsus (1493โ€“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 wonโ€™t toot here for each image :)

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