Article ID: CBB187472290

A, avec ou sans cire? (2019)

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The Greek noun of wax and the corresponding verb appear as far as we know in a very few medical texts, mainly veterinary (horses and falcons), but also human, in unedited recipes of the Parisinus Gr. 2510. Most dictionaries define the term as a plaster made with treated wax, but a careful study of the texts shows that often wax does not even enter into the composition of a plaster. This confirms Manfred Bambeck's translation (1959) "Klebepflaster," more in accordance with the true etymology (as shown by Pascal Luccioni, 2003) from Latin tractum/tracta.

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Authors & Contributors
Mudry, Philippe
Maire, Brigitte
Lorusso, Vito
Parroni, Eleonora
Pseudo-Placitus, Sextus
Lopez, Francesco
Journals
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Galenos: Rivista di Filologia dei Testi Medici Antichi
Publishers
Éditions BHMS
SISMEL edizioni del Galluzzo
Plus, Pisa University Press
Le Monnier
Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura
Concepts
Medicine
Therapeutics
Hippocratic medicine
Roman Empire
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Linguistics; philology
People
Galen
Hippocrates of Cos
Scribonius Largus
Hippocrates
Aurelianus, Caelius
Asclepius of Epidaurus
Time Periods
Ancient
6th century, B.C.
2nd century
Medieval
3rd century
Places
Egypt
Mediterranean region
Middle and Near East
Hellenistic world
Greece
Persia (Iran)
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