Castoreum has been used in the past against snakes’ bites and Erasistratus even recommend it in case of basilisk’s bite. An explanation based on antipathy can not be dismissed, but this use can be explained by pharmacological characteristics: this male antispasmodic being able to warm up has occasionally been perceived as a substance opposite to the wet and cold nature of the snake. Despite its northern origin this product did not belong to the dusporista pharmaka as physicians have always been widely using it, but like the other famous and expensive products it was probably counterfeited with plants like ferulae. The so-called use of the basilisk in pharmacy was a falsification by the magi who searched to catch the imagination with disquie...
AbstractEthnopharmacological relevanceAlthough serotherapy against snakebite has been discovered mor...
W weterynarii antycznej, podobnie jak w medycynie, stosowano rośliny z rodzin makowatych i psiankowa...
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International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
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As early as Hippocrates, Greek doctors have made use of a food chain which has always been empirical...
Snakebites envenomations are a problem public health in worldwide due to the high rates of morbidity...
AbstractEthnopharmacological relevanceAlthough serotherapy against snakebite has been discovered mor...
W weterynarii antycznej, podobnie jak w medycynie, stosowano rośliny z rodzin makowatych i psiankowa...
Communication (Communication avec actes dans un congrès)International audience<p>This article aims t...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
Counteracting the venom of vipers and exploiting the healing properties associated with these reptil...
Suffice it to say that the first traces of its use by man date back to ten thousand years ago the ve...
on line access is granted by the MNHN.International audienceThe grazing snake: weeds and snakes in G...
peer reviewedRecherche systématique des ingrédients d'origine égyptienne attestés dans les recettes ...
Carta al editorIn Africa snakebites cause thousands of deaths annually and much permanent physical d...
Snake bite envenoming, mainly caused by the saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus), is a negle...
The theriac Diatessaron ; oligopharmacy against polypharmacy. The theriac of Andromachus was the sym...
The enigma of Galien’s Opocalpason (όποκάρπασον) : proposition of elucidation – In the De antidotis...
As early as Hippocrates, Greek doctors have made use of a food chain which has always been empirical...
Snakebites envenomations are a problem public health in worldwide due to the high rates of morbidity...
AbstractEthnopharmacological relevanceAlthough serotherapy against snakebite has been discovered mor...
W weterynarii antycznej, podobnie jak w medycynie, stosowano rośliny z rodzin makowatych i psiankowa...
Communication (Communication avec actes dans un congrès)International audience<p>This article aims t...