The research concerns Roman medical galactology, galaktologia iatrike (γαλακτσλσγια ιατρικη), i.e. the ancient knowledge of milk and its by-products in medical procedures as described by Celsus in...The research concerns Roman medical galactology, galaktologia iatrike (γαλακτσλσγια ιατρικη), i.e. the ancient knowledge of milk and its by-products in medical procedures as described by Celsus in his treatise entitled De medicina. The authors elaborate on the sources of Celsus' medical theory of milk, comment on the place of the Roman author's theory against the doctrinal background of other medical writers of the period, demonstrate pharmacological characteristics attributed to milk and milk-obtained products by Celsus, specify main cures in which milk and its by-products were made use of as either simple or compound medicines, give examples of the latter, delineate the progress of the theory on milk's medicinal use, and finally comment on the role of milk and milk-obtained products in the diet of the Mediterranean.展开更多
文摘The research concerns Roman medical galactology, galaktologia iatrike (γαλακτσλσγια ιατρικη), i.e. the ancient knowledge of milk and its by-products in medical procedures as described by Celsus in his treatise entitled De medicina. The authors elaborate on the sources of Celsus' medical theory of milk, comment on the place of the Roman author's theory against the doctrinal background of other medical writers of the period, demonstrate pharmacological characteristics attributed to milk and milk-obtained products by Celsus, specify main cures in which milk and its by-products were made use of as either simple or compound medicines, give examples of the latter, delineate the progress of the theory on milk's medicinal use, and finally comment on the role of milk and milk-obtained products in the diet of the Mediterranean.