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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell
A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...
A small Roman glass flask, forgotten for centuries in the soil of Pergamon, one of the great medical centers of the ancient ...
Pergamon’s setting strengthens the interpretation. The city was closely tied to the sanctuary of Asclepius and long had a reputation for healing. The Asklepion at Pergamon became one of antiquity’s ...
Chemical analysis shows a Roman flask held compound medicine, offering first proof of roman flask medical feces described in ...
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