Kidney Diseases in the Treatise "Dynameron" of Aelius Promotus (2nd Century AD) A Comparison with Dioscorides and Nikolaos Myrepsos

Marselos, Marios; Valiakos, Elias

dc.contributor.author	Marselos, Marios
dc.contributor.author	Valiakos, Elias
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-06T10:14:40Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-06T10:14:40Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-21
dc.identifier.issn	2084-140X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/50697
dc.description.abstract	Dynameron is a medical treatise from the 2nd century AD, written in Greek by an Alexandrian physician named Aelius Promotus. A copy made in Sicily during the 16th century is kept in the Marciana Library of Venice (Codex gr. Ζ. 295). In 130 chapters, Dynameron contains 870 recipes for the treatment of various diseases. Regarding the kidneys, Aelius describes 32 recipes with herbal (59), animal (6) and mineral (1) ingredients, with diuretic, spasmolytic, analgesic, or antiseptic properties, suitable for treating nephrolithiasis, strangury, dysuria and renal inflammations. Several diuretics of Aelius Promotus are similar to those found in De Materia Medica of Dioscorides (1st century AD). On the other hand, all of them are also included in the treatise Dynameron of Nikolaos Myrepsos, written in the 13th century AD. When the recipes are evaluated as a whole, it is evident that Aelius Promotus was a competent practising physician in a city with a glorious tradition in medicine and sciences.	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Studia Ceranea	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject	Alexandrian medicine	en
dc.subject	Aelius Promotus	en
dc.subject	'Dynameron'	en
dc.subject	Dioscorides	en
dc.subject	Nikolaos Myrepsos	en
dc.title	Kidney Diseases in the Treatise "Dynameron" of Aelius Promotus (2nd Century AD) A Comparison with Dioscorides and Nikolaos Myrepsos	en
dc.type	Article
dc.page.number	565-586
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Marselos, Marios - University of Ioannina, School of Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Panepistimioupolis	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Valiakos, Elias - University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, History of Health Sciences, Gaiopolis Campus	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2449-8378
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	Marselos, Marios - mmarselos@uoi.gr
dc.contributor.authorEmail	Valiakos, Elias - valiakos@uth.gr
dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/2084-140X.13.31
dc.relation.volume	13

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