Pain relief and sedation in Roman Byzantine texts: Mandragoras officinarum, Hyoscyamos niger and Atropa belladonna

International Congress Series

Volumn 1242, Issue C, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Ramoutsaki, Ioanna A ^a   Askitopoulou, Helen ^b   Konsolaki, Eleni ^c  

^a Platia Kyprou 7   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Atropa belladonna; Byzantine anesthesia; Hyoscyamos; Mandragoras; Roman

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249121960     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00699-4     Document Type: Article

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