Medical Use of Vegetables in the Practice of Ancient Doctors (Based on the Treatise of Quintus Gargilius Martial Medicinae Ex Oleribus Et Pomis)
Marta J. Petryshyn,
Halina M. Zahaiska,
Oxana V. Liubimova
et al.
Abstract:The aim: The aim of our study is to investigate the specifics of the use of vegetables for the prevention and treatment of diseases in the medical practice of the Roman Empire.
Materials and methods: The research material was based on the surviving fragments of the Roman writer Quintus Gargilius Martial’s Medicinae ex oleribus et pomis. The study relied on general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as the method of contextual analysis, descriptive and interdisciplinary methods.
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