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Eur J Med Genet
February 2025
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Background: The Roma population are an endogamous, genetically isolated, minority population who migrated from North-Western India to Europe from the 10th Century throughout the Byzantine period and continues to the present day. Approximately 10-12 million Romani people reside in segregated settlements in Europe, and smaller populations live in North America and China. In addition to the endogamy, they also practice consanguinity.
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Cureus
August 2024
Dermatology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, USA.
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- Justinian II was overthrown in the eighth century, had his nose amputated, and was exiled.
- After ten years, he returned to power through a violent coup.
- Researchers have debated whether he underwent ancient rhinoplasty to regain his nose, but it's deemed highly unlikely.
Treating with minerals in the Middle Ages: the rare substance (pitch-asphalt) and its medicinal uses in Byzantium.
Med Hist
July 2024
Martin-Buber-Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923Köln, Germany.
Premodern medicine used a variety of mineral substances for therapeutic purposes. The present article deals with pitch-asphalt, and, in particular, a precious kind of it called originating in Persia. It was first described in detail in the Arabic pharmacological tradition, and its fame spread throughout the medieval Mediterranean, including Byzantium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus.
Wellcome Open Res
June 2024
Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, England, TW20 0EX, UK.
Background: Premodern medical texts are an invaluable source for scholars from humanities and sciences. However, they are usually not accessible as few scientists with an interest in premodern materia medica are also qualified philologists. Therefore, a balance has to be struck to translate these texts while preserving information on how reliable we believe a given translation to be.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPharmaceutical Terminology in Ancient and Medieval Time - and Others.
Stud Ceranea
December 2023
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew, Richmond, London TW9 3AE, Great Britain.
Ancient and medieval pharmacological and medical texts contain a substantial amount of plant and mineral names. In some cases, the identification is straightforward. But for the majority of the data, we are unable to identify these ingredients with high certainty.
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