Skin disease in antiquity

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Liddell, Keith ^a,b  

^a Roman Villa ^*

^b Roman Villa   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient skin; Collyrium stamps; Medical papyri; Mummies; Votive offerings

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; KERATIN; RESIN; SILVER;

ARTIFACT; CHINA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; EUROPE; GREECE; HUMAN; ITALY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERU; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 33644538245     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-1-81     Document Type: Review

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