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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.
That single vial—an unguentarium recovered from a tomb in ancient Pergamon, once a major medical hub—has now delivered rare, chemical evidence that human feces were used as medicine in the Roman world ...
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1900-year-old Roman doctor used human feces and thyme as medicine, study suggests
A cringeworthy new study has discovered dark-brown flakes inside a Roman glass medicinal vial, ...
Researchers analyzed proteins extracted from "How to Cure and Expel All Afflictions and Illnesses of the Human Body" and "A ...
Physicians of the Roman empire had a knack for making remedies from an assortment of components from various animals, ...
An interdisciplinary study combines archaeometry and philology to confirm therapeutic practices described by Galen and other classical physicians, blurring the line between cosmetics and medicine. A ...
Cold and flu medications are among around 2,000 products being recalled by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration over rat feces contamination concerns. The products were distributed across Minnesota, ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A couple in Kansas City is accused of living in filth with four children in the home. Erik Aleister Castleman, 26, and Stacey Laura-Louise Castleman, 34, were ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a massive recall of nearly 2,000 products, including popular over-the-counter cold and flu medications like Tylenol and NyQuil, due to concerns over ...
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