Ancient Medicine Gallery
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In ancient Egypt, what we call medicine was understood as a form of magic. Practicing medicinal magi
Shushruta, the Father of Cosmetic Surgery.in the 6th century BCE a Indian physician named Shushruta
The Madness of Dr. SemmelweisFrom ancient times up to the mid 19th century there were two prevailing
Marble relief of a physician named Jason, also known as Decimus, treating a patient. Artist unknown
Female Hysteria and the Wandering Womb,In pretty much all eras of history it was the expectation of
Pages from the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, one of the oldest medical texts in the history of the w
Surgery in ancient India
LJS 189 Zakhīrah-ʹi KhvārazmshāhīThis manuscript is a medical encyclopedia in 9 books, with disc
LJS 470 Medical and magical compendiumThis manuscript is a collection of medical recipes, folk remed
Ancient medicine. Alte Medizin.View of the old hospital of the Knights of St. John, Rhodes 2017.
oinopa-ponton:Asclepios, Roman copy after Greek original by Phyromachos of the first quarter of 2nd
Medicine in Ancient Egypt, from “The History of Medicine”, 1952Robert Thom (American, 19
speciesbarocus:Hippocrates and Galen.Fresco in the Anagni Cathedral‘s Crypt, 12th century.
ancienttimenews:Ecstasy and Acid in Your Medicine Cabinet? Doctors Explore PsychedelicsPsychedelics,
Galen of Pergamon (129 - 200/216 CE)A modern statue at Pergamon depicting Galen, one of the leading
Romano-Germanic MuseumMainly medical instruments found from a tomb of an unknown Roman physici
A physician treats a patient. Attic red-figure aryballos, name-vase of the Clinic Painter; ca.
A mosaic from the shrine of Asclepius, god of medicine, on the island of Kos. Asclepius, cente
Because Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius lived in second century CE, it’s pretty difficult to de
mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:The Romans transferred the cult of the hea
LIQ: MORPH. HDY, Morphine, unknown date.The name refers to Morpheus, the ancient Greek god of dreams
kemetic-dreams: *Ancient Medicine During Nile Valley Civilization and Imhotep’s Papyrus*What
The Ancient Roman doctor Galen, who was born in Greece, among other things, was also credited with t
wastelandwild:Illustrated by Florence Harrison The Fairy Realm
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