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Pustules, Palaeogenetics and Pandemics from Galen to Rhazes: How to do the Early History of Smallpox and Measles Members of the STAMP Research Centre are involved in an exciting interdisciplinary project—funded by a Wellcome Discovery Award which is just getting started. Rebecca Flemming, Dan King and David Leith are collaborating with Nahyan Fancy and Siam…
Julia Eutychiane and her Patients: Honouring a Famous Doctor from Dion

Rebecca Flemming, A.G. Leventis professor of Ancient Greek Scientific and Technological Thought, University of Exeter The ‘far-famed physician Eutychiane’ is one of the more notable individuals commemorated in the rich epigraphic material recovered from Roman Dion, the veteran colony Octavian founded on the Macedonian royal sacred site at the foot of Mount Olympus. The small marble…
New Light on Medicine in Ancient Macedonia and Northern Greece

Image: Modern statue of Hippocrates in Larissa, Thessaly. Courtesy of Dr Despina Ignatiadou. Katherine Petrasek PhD student, CAHRT, University of Exeter A recent workshop at Exeter University put the spotlight on the significance of northern Greece, Macedonia and Thrace in the development of medicine in the classical Greek world. Often overlooked in studies which focus on…

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