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    strong spirit, and a strong sense of empathy and compassion. Surgery was rare in ancient Rome, it was rare for a patient to recover, and the procedure was...
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    Medicine in ancient Rome was highly influenced by ancient Greek medicine, but also developed new practices through knowledge of the Hippocratic Corpus...
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    following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Rome: Ancient Rome – former civilization that thrived on the Italian Peninsula as...
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    Sexual attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome are indicated by art, literature, and inscriptions, and to a lesser extent by archaeological remains such...
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    Ancient Rome played a pivotal role in the history of wine. The earliest influences on the viticulture of the Italian Peninsula can be traced to ancient...
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  • during dental surgery. These tools were used to treat conditions such as toothache and to extract teeth. It was believed in ancient Rome that the cause...
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    Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), but could not vote or hold political office. Because of their limited public role, women are named...
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    Modi Irving Klaw John Willie Pederasty in Ancient Greece Prostitution in ancient Rome Sexuality in ancient Rome Ruzgyte, Edita (2015). "Pornography, history...
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  • abortifacient in ancient Rome was the "Balm of Gilead," a plant native to Gilead. Pliny claimed that the plant was "worth double its weight in silver." Dioscorides...
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    scienze infermieristiche (in Italian). Rome: SEU. ISBN 978-88-87753-65-3. OCLC 50485765. Shiffman M (2012). Cosmetic Surgery: Art and Techniques. Springer...
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    were in widespread use during the time of ancient Rome. In the United States it was not until the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) in 1938...
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    cannabis as an anesthetic during surgery. 476 CE. The Fall of Rome ended the advance of scientific medical-surgical knowledge in Europe. 1162. The Council of...
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  • The military of ancient Rome was one of largest pre-modern professional standing armies that ever existed. At its height, protecting over 7,000 kilometers...
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    advances in surgery have made it possible for intersex conditions to be concealed, many people are not aware of how frequently intersex conditions arise in human...
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    Dentistry (redirect from Dental surgery)
    Blomstedt, P. (2013). "Dental surgery in ancient Egypt". Journal of the History of Dentistry. 61 (3): 129–42. PMID 24665522. "Ancient Egyptian Dentistry". University...
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    surgeons perform surgery. Contemporary operating rooms are usually devoid of a theater setting, making the term "operating theater" a misnomer in those cases...
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    specific diseases were caused by the toilets in Imperial Rome due to the lack of clarification in ancient texts during that time period, it is likely that...
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  • Retrieved 2017-12-13. Hodges, Frederick M. (2001). "The Ideal Prepuce in Ancient Greece and Rome: Male Genital Aesthetics and Their Relation to Lipodermos, Circumcision...
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  • obsolete term for a person with this syndrome was called a Mongolian idiot. In the 21st century, those terms are no longer used as medical terminology, deemed...
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    civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD). The Roman Empire was one of the most technologically...
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  • Cauterization (category Surgery)
    in the Edwin Smith Papyrus and Hippocratic Corpus. It was primarily used to control hemorrhages, especially those resulting from surgery, in ancient Greece...
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  • understanding of disease is very different from the way it was understood in ancient Greece and Rome. The way modern physicians approach healing of the sick differs...
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    Instruments from Ancient Rome". Healthsystem.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2012-04-21. "Roman period surgery set on show"...
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  • Antyllus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Antyllus (Ancient Greek: Ἄντυλλος) was a Greek surgeon, who lived in the 2nd century AD in Rome. He is most notable for his method of treatment of aneurysms...
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  • growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of...
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    Cloaca Maxima (category Ancient Roman sewers in Rome)
    either the Roman Kingdom or early Roman Republic, it was constructed in Ancient Rome in order to drain local marshes and remove waste from the city. It carried...
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    Fatebenefratelli Hospital (category Hospitals in Rome)
    Hematology Surgery Medicine Surgery Neurological Surgery Ophthalmology Surgery Dentistry Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Surgery Pediatric Surgery Skin...
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  • Books. Beck, Julie (23 January 2014). "Diagnosing Mental Illness in Ancient Greece and Rome". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. "Hippocrates As Galen's...
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  • The following is a list of ancient physicians who were known to have practised, contributed, or theorised about medicine in some form between the 30th...
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    vagina "diopter" in The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971 "Surgical Instruments from Ancient Rome". Virginia.edu...
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