Dermatology in Ancient Rome: Medical ingredients in Ovid's 'Remedies for female faces'
| العنوان: | Dermatology in Ancient Rome: Medical ingredients in Ovid's 'Remedies for female faces' |
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| المؤلفون: | Frank Ursin, Claudia Borelli, Florian Steger |
| المصدر: | Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 19:1388-1394 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Roman medicine, Medicine in Literature, media_common.quotation_subject, history of medicine, Poetry as Topic, Rome, Medizin, aesthetic dermatology, Dermatology, History of medicine, Ancient medicine, ddc:170, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cosmeceuticals, Belles-lettres, Humans, ddc:610, Ovid, Pliny the Elder, DDC 170 / Ethics, Celsus, History, Ancient, media_common, Dermatologie, Literature, Poetry, business.industry, Keyword search, Dermatological diseases, Roman world, Altertum, Art, Translating, Skin Care, Ancient Rome, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, business, DDC 610 / Medicine & health, Medical literature |
| الوصف: | Background In Roman medicine, face packs, plasters, unguents, and peelings were part of the therapy of dermatological diseases, but also served cosmetic purposes. Ancient medical textbooks inform us about the ingredients for these applications. Beyond medical literature, other genres contain information about dermatological applications. The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC–17 AD) wrote a didactic poem recording five recipes for topical applications for female faces (Medicamina faciei femineae). Researchers debate the relation of Ovid's poem to Roman medicine: Does the poem contain therapeutical or cosmetical information, or is it mere belles lettres? Aims The objective of the paper is to conduct a medico‐historical classification of Ovid's poem by determining whether the ingredients of Ovid's recipes were thought to be effective by the authors of Roman medical textbooks. Methods First, translation and identification of the ingredients were carried out. Second, comparison of the ingredients' functions regarding the therapy of dermatological diseases in two important Roman medical textbooks was realized. For this purpose, several commentaries on the text of Ovid were used and a keyword search in Roman medical textbooks was performed. Results Ovid's five recipes contain 23 ingredients. All ingredients can be found in medical textbooks. We find that 14 of these ingredients serve cosmetic purposes, 17 serve the therapy of dermatological diseases, and 13 serve both. Conclusion Ovid's recipes contain drugs that were considered effective by the authors of Roman medical textbooks. These drugs were recommended both for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes by the same authors. Therefore, Ovid's didactic poem is not mere belles lettres, but contains serious medical and cosmetical information. As far as we know, it is the first Roman text that contains dermatological recipes. publishedVersion |
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