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Sextus Placitus of Papyra, (active ca. 370 CE), an
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Sextus Placitus of Papyra, (active ca. 370 CE), an ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 B ...
physician, is best known for his ''Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae.'' Maria Paola Segolini (editor), 1998 (re-publication), ''Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae'',
Placitus wrote fanciful descriptions of medicines derived from animals, and other sources. For example, he recommended such remedies as consuming cooked puppy
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to relieve colic
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, and breaking a fever
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by cutting a splinter from the door that a eunuch
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has just passed through.
Works
*''Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae.'' — "Artzneybuch Sexti Platonici Philosophi von den Vöglen, wilden und zamen Thieren" : wie man dieselben in der Artzney für allerhand Kranckheiten gebrauchen soll, gantz lustig, nutzlich und gut gemeinen Haußhaltern, auch allen Liebhabern der Artzney zu lesen und zu wissen.Nbn-resolving.de: digital edition
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See also
*Ancient Roman medicine
Medicine in ancient Rome was highly influenced by ancient Greek medicine, but also developed new practices through knowledge of the Hippocratic Corpus combined with use of the treatment of diet, regimen, along with surgical procedures. This was mo ...
*Culture of ancient Rome
The culture of ancient Rome existed throughout the almost 1200-year history of the civilization of Ancient Rome. The term refers to the culture of the Roman Republic, later the Roman Empire, which at its peak covered an area from present-day L ...
References
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