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The first clear and complete description of diabetes was made by Aretaeus of Cappadocia, a famous physician of the late Hellenistic period. His analysis of diabetes represents, in fact, the only extensive text of Greek medical literature in existence. Continue reading “The first description of diabetes by Aretaeus of Cappadocia”
The study of the Byzantine medical texts reveals a great number of references about dental drugs. This frequency indicates that problems of oral health were common and part of the epidemiology of those times. Continue reading “Dental drugs in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
Asthma is derived from the Greek verb aazein, meaning shortdrawn breath or panting. Continue reading “The first clinical description of asthma by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (1st century A.D.)”
There were many reasons for Near Easterners to be in Byzantium. Some were taken there against their wishes; some went there willingly to trade, to negotiate, or to die. Some entered the Christian Empire only once, while others paid frequent visits; some had a very fleeting glimpse of Byzantium while others settled there. Conversely, Byzantines went to the Near East for many of the same reasons, and they travelled under similar conditions. Continue reading “The Cilician frontier in the ninth and tenth centuries”
It was at this period that the Romans first crossed with an army to Illyria and that part of Europe. This is a matter not to be lightly passed over, but deserving the serious attention of those who wish to gain a true view of the purpose of this work and of the formation and growth of the Roman dominion. Continue reading “The Romans’ first crossing with an army to Illyria”
This post is a photographic presentation of monuments from Zhangzhou and Xiamen, Fujian, China. Continue reading “Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Fujian, China”
