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or how the prescriptions of medieval medicine and cosmetics formulations look like and what ingredients was used by old medicine to cure various diseases in the ancient times

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Disease created the inevitable problem for ancient civilization. They had many of the illnesses and diseases we have today. Unfortunately, they did not have many of the techniques, drugs, or knowledge our physicians and scientists have. Many common, treatable ailments today posed great threats to the medieval man. Most of the remedies used by ancient doctors was herbal remedies. Greatest reform in the medicine of the XVI century began with anatomy. Huge impact on medicine and anatomy has work of Versalius and his medical manuscript. Some of the ancient formulation given here are only to illustrate how drugs look like and how medication of the diseases was in medieval times , and have only historical meaning. But, some of they are, with more or less correction, still in use. If you want to see how doctors of the ancient times prepared the remedies you may follow the link to example. Bellow is an example of the old prescription for the contusion with a modest explanation.

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