agostino2013 | Medicine, ancient and modern

Ancient panaceas

Posted by agostino2013 | May 26, 2021 | Posts |

In plague-ridden times such as the Antonine period (whatever the ‘plague’ actually...

Posted by agostino2013 | Dec 31, 2020 | Posts, Uncategorized |

Wow, this has been quite a year – certainly the most bizarre I have ever lived. The pandemic...

Posted by agostino2013 | Jul 14, 2020 | Posts |

A happy snail As my husband’s birthday is looming, I have been wondering about his special...

Posted by agostino2013 | Oct 19, 2018 | Posts |

Medical texts have been considered as mere historical ‘sources’ and technical works...

Posted by agostino2013 | Jan 28, 2018 | Posts |

Throughout his works on pharmacology, and especially in his fundamental On simple drugs, Galen...