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Pliny on the origin of medicine (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Education and transmission of knowledge 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.05 Education and transmission of knowledge Medicine and pharmacology 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.05 Medicine and pharmacology	Keywords inventions medicine
Period 1st century CE Roman Empire	Channel Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 7.57 (56):
Medicine according to the Egyptians was discovered among themselves, but according to others through the agency of Arabus son of Babylon and Apollo.

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Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 7.57 (56)

Bibliography

Jones and Rackham 1938-1963, 638-639

Jones, W. H. S. and H. Rackham. Pliny, Natural History. 10 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1938-1963.

Amar Annus

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