Uterine cancer in the writings of Byzantine physicians

作者：Karamanou Marianna^*; Tsoucalas Gregory; Laios Konstantinos; Deligeoroglou Efthimios; Agapitos Emmanouil; Androutsos George

来源：Journal of Buon, 2015, 20(6): 1645-1648.

• byzantine period
• medieval medicine
• uterine neoplasm

Byzantine physicians recognized uterine cancer as a distinct disease and tried to suggest a therapeutic approach. The work of Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Paul of Aegina, Cleopatra Metrodora and Theophanes Nonnus reflects the Hippocratic-Galenic scientific ideas as well as their own concept on this malignancy. According to their writings uterine cancer was considered an incurable disease and its treatment was based mainly on palliative herbal drugs.

• 出版日期2015-12