How useful was pre-1935 medicine?

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Rounin Ryuuji
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Re: How useful was pre-1935 medicine?

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Raphael wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:08 am
hwhatting wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:46 am
Well, we actually have a considerable number of Gaulish inscriptions, but none of them seem to be medical treatises. ;-)
I can't really read French - what writing system(s) were they using?
It looks to be a mix of "Gallo-Etruscan", Greek, and Latin.
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Re: How useful was pre-1935 medicine?

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hwhatting wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:46 am
MacAnDàil wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:59 pm It's true that Gauls weren't much into writing things down as far as I can tell.
Well, we actually have a considerable number of Gaulish inscriptions, but none of them seem to be medical treatises. ;-)
I know that but druidic verses were not written and the ancient celts preferred orality in general. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulois_(langue)
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Re: How useful was pre-1935 medicine?

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Raphael wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:08 am I can't really read French - what writing system(s) were they using?
Mostly the Greek and Latin Alphabets - Latin is probably not surprising, but there was also Greek influence in Southern Gaul - Marseilles was a Greek colony. In Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina) there were also inscriptions in a local Alphabet, based on Etruscan, IRRC.
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