Sextus Placitus of Papyra, (active ca. 370 CE), an ancient Roman physician, is best known for his Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae. [1]
Placitus wrote fanciful descriptions of medicines derived from animals, and other sources. For example, he recommended such remedies as consuming cooked puppy to relieve colic, and breaking a fever by cutting a splinter from the door that a eunuch has just passed through.[2]
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edit- ^ a b Maria Paola Segolini (editor), 1998 (re-publication), Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae, ISBN 3-487-10594-2
- ^ Johann Hermann Baas; 1889; Outlines of the history of medicine and the medical profession; online version at Google Books
- ^ (in German) — "Artzneybuch Sexti Platonici Philosophi von den Vöglen, wilden und zamen Thieren" : wie man dieselben in der Artzney für allerhand Kranckheiten gebrauchen soll, gantz lustig, nutzlich und gut gemeinen Haußhaltern, auch allen Liebhabern der Artzney zu lesen und zu wissen. - Nbn-resolving.de: digital edition
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