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How an Ancient Plant Became the World’s First Birth Control and Rome’s Love Potion. Then Went Extinct Because of It
BC, while Rome was still a minor city-state in the Italian peninsula, the ancient city of Cyrene flourished as one of the ...
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Asclepiades of Bithynia: A Forerunner to Germ Theory
Asclepiades of Bithynia, influenced by Epicurean philosophy, pioneered medical innovations and foreshadowed the principles of ...
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How ancient remedies are changing modern medicine
Yet traditional medicine remains a vibrant part of the state health care system. Most Chinese hospitals have a ward devoted to ancient cures. Citing traditional medicine’s potential to lower ...