Oribasius (Fourth Century) and Early Byzantine Perinatal Nutrition
作者:
J. Lascaratos,
E. Poulakou-Rebelakou,
期刊:
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 2
页码: 186-189
ISSN:0277-2116
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: Byzantine history;Oribasius;Perinatal nutrition
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
BackgroundThe purpose of the study is the investigation of perinatal nutrition in the early Byzantine period.MethodsThe original Greek language works of the celebrated physician of the fourth century, Oribasius, were studied.ResultsThe first Byzantine author who studied perinatal nutrition, Oribasius, provided his own concepts about the topic, focusing on the suitable choice of wet nurse and evaluation of the quality of the milk. His research proves that physicians from early Byzantine times were greatly interested in perinatal nutrition. He was aware of the knowledge of eminent ancient Greek and Roman physicians, whose extracts he quoted and opinions he generally followed.ConclusionsThe study concludes that concepts of perinatal nutrition in the early Byzantine period followed those of the Hippocratic, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. The early Byzantine physicians then influenced later Byzantine and Arab physicians, and afterward, their research was introduced to European medicine.
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