Totelin, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9576-1643 2023. Waxing lyrical: Ancient medical authors on wax and wax tablets. Deltos 33 , pp. 13-18. |
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Abstract
This short survey discusses some of the uses of wax in ancient medicine: it was a key pharmacological ingredient; it served to create models of surgical tools; and it was a support for the writing of ancient recipes. Physicians distinguished between different types of wax, some of which were considered more efficacious than others. Wax could be consumed orally, but most commonly entered in the production of salves (cerates).
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World |
ISSN: | 2945-1205 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 11 August 2023 |
Date of Acceptance: | 19 May 2023 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2024 08:15 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161657 |
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