Article ID: CBB187014733

Healing with Dung: The Crocodile (2017)

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Animal dung has always been used as part of medicines; even if magic played an important role in ancient medicine, doctors of past centuries have considered for centuries dung as an effective drug. This paper discusses the use of excrements in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine medicine, in particular crocodile dung. Crocodile were familiar animals for those who lived along the Nile, but with Ptolemaic era, also the Greeks (and then the Romans) became acquainted with this reptile, also cosmetically and from a medical point of view.

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Authors & Contributors
Guichard, Luis Arturo
Lopez, Francesco
Radici, Livia
Hoz, María Paz de
Marios Marselos
Laurent Bricault
Concepts
Medicine
Therapeutics
Pharmacy
Roman Empire
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Natural history
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
2nd century
6th century, B.C.
5th century
Early modern
Places
Mediterranean region
Egypt
Hellenistic world
Alexandria (Egypt)
Middle and Near East
Europe
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