http://cenblog.org/artful-science/2013/01/09/ancient-roman-remedies-popping-pills-for-2000-years/ Just another CENtral Science site Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cenblog.org/artful-science/2013/01/09/ancient-roman-remedies-popping-pills-for-2000-years/#comment-9207 I’ve got your missing links right here (12 January 2013) – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:02:23 +0000 http://cenblog.org/artful-science/?p=1665#comment-9207 [...] A doctor’s bag from a 2,000 year old shipwreck sheds light on Roman pharmacology [...]

]]> http://cenblog.org/artful-science/2013/01/09/ancient-roman-remedies-popping-pills-for-2000-years/#comment-9190 Sarah Everts Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:07:22 +0000 http://cenblog.org/artful-science/?p=1665#comment-9190 Indeed! Very true.
Another old-is-new nugget: The researchers analyzing the ancient pills suspect the pollen was an accidental ingredient via the beeswax. Turns out modern day forensic scientists look for accidental pollen tidbits in counterfeit or fake pharmaceuticals in order to get a sense for where the counterfeiting was done… https://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/88/8801sci1.html

]]> http://cenblog.org/artful-science/2013/01/09/ancient-roman-remedies-popping-pills-for-2000-years/#comment-9189 Carmen Drahl Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:40:53 +0000 http://cenblog.org/artful-science/?p=1665#comment-9189 I’m with you on picking the pill. What’s funny to me is how much the other stuff in the pill mirrors present-day excipients in tablets. Fatty acids, cornstarch, gelatin, all get a mention in this piece from Steve Ritter http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/86/8601sci3.html
Everything old is new again I suppose.

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