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Document Details : Title: Treating Swollen Glands and Skin Conditions Subtitle: A Small Sheet of Medical Receipes (P.Mich. inv. 6803b) Author(s): MONTE, Anna , CLAYTOR, W. Graham Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 59 Date: 2022 Pages: 17-28 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.59.0.3290977 Abstract : Edition of a small papyrus sheet with four medical recipes for the treatment of inflamed glands and of carbuncle, dating to the second half of the first century BCE – early first century CE. The recipe against carbuncle can be identified in a passage of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, whereas the other recipes share similarities with preparations ascribed to the physician Apollonios Mys and with one prescription included in Aelius Promotus’ Dynameron. |
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