Scribonius Largus Designatianus (c. 1 – c. 50) was the court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius. Around 47 AD, at the request of Gaius Julius Callistus...

Largus may refer to: Scribonius Largus, Roman physician and writer Saint Largus, Christian martyr of the Roman era, associated with Cyriacus Largus (bug)...

Celsus, Scribonius Largus, Martialis, Statius, Juvenal) for the resinous juice of the balsam tree, and xylobalsamum (Pliny, Scribonius Largus, Celsus)...

Scribonius Largus. He may perhaps be the same person as the man of the same name mentioned in the writings of the physician Galen. Scribonius Largus,...

ban on simply pessaries, or a blanket ban on all abortion methods. Scribonius Largus was adamant in AD 43 (the earliest surviving reference to the oath)...

of the Scribonii to obtain the consulship was Gaius Scribonius Curio in 76 BC. The nomen Scribonius belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from...

manner similar to the way the torpedo fish stuns with electricity. Scribonius Largus, a Roman physician, recorded the use of torpedo fish for treatment...

scholar who lived in Padua in the 17th century) who stated in his book Scribonius Largus that Adelmota was "a most learned physician" and especially skilled...

in a broader sense than by pessary. One such interpretation was by Scribonius Largus, a Roman medical writer: "Hippocrates, who founded our profession...

neuromuscular junction. For example, agrin was first isolated from Torpedo. Scribonius Largus, a first century physician, advised the use of a live torpedo as a...

physicians. Several ancient writers, such as Pliny the Elder and Scribonius Largus, attested to the numbing effect of electric shocks delivered by electric...

as the freedman of the physician Cassius, who lived in the time of Scribonius Largus, physician to Claudius, and who was quoted by Galen, who gives his...

abounded in the medical literature of the ancient world. The physician Scribonius Largus prescribed a poultice of cloth and hyena skin; Antaeus recommended...

Medieval Guide. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. Hamilton, J. S. (1986). "Scribonius Largus on the medical profession". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 60...

descriptions of abortive techniques right alongside the Oath. The physician Scribonius Largus wrote in 43 CE that the Hippocratic Oath prohibits abortion, as did...

policy and the like. Callistus persuaded Claudius to hire his friend Scribonius Largus as a personal physician. After the disgrace and death of Roman Empress...

London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-57898-631-6. Hamilton, J. S. (1986). "Scribonius Largus on the medical profession". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 60...

12.98, 15.26; 24.24) notes the use of storax as a perfume, while Scribonius Largus drank wine flavored with storax. Ciris mentions storax as a fragrant...

pain control was used in ancient Rome, in AD 63. It was reported by Scribonius Largus that pain was relieved by standing on an electrical fish at the seashore...

of the 2nd century AD, as he quotes Andromachus, Dioscorides, and Scribonius Largus, and is himself quoted by Galen. He derived his surname of Pharmacion...

century CE Roman author of a didactic medical poem Liber Medicinalis Scribonius Largus 1st century CE Roman court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius...

London: Sydenham Society. Roman: Celsus, Pliny, Serenus Samonicus, Scribonius Largus, Caelius Aurelianus, Themison, Octavius Horatianus, Marcellus the...

plant he knew as polygonum in 1655, Matthias Martinius referred to Scribonius Largus (who wrote a list of prescriptions around 47 AD) and gave an alternative...

c. 15 BC) Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosopher (b. c. 20 BC) Scribonius Largus, Roman court physician (b. c. AD 1) Flavius Josephus, "Ant." xx. 5...

their teeth using toothpaste made from human urine and goat milk. Scribonius Largus, a 1st-century Roman physician, claims Messalina—the wife of Emperor...

He is, perhaps, the same person who is quoted by Pliny, Galen, and Scribonius Largus. A Greek fragment by Meges is preserved by Oribasius. Galen, De Meth...

physicians. Several ancient writers, such as Pliny the Elder and Scribonius Largus, attested to the numbing effect of electric shocks delivered by electric...

ask a frog to take away the pain by moonlight. Claudius' physician Scribonius Largus recommends "fumigations made with the seeds of the hyoscyamus scattered...

of electrical stimulation for pain relief goes back to 46 AD, when Scribonius Largus used torpedo fish (electric ray) for relieving headaches. In the late...

Medieval-Modern Divide. p. 130. Jouanna-Bouchet, Joëlle (2003). "Scribonius Largus et Marcellus: entre rationel et irrationel". In Palmieri, Nicoletta...