Methods of Treatment of Various Ent and Dental Illnesses according to the “Compositiones medicamentorum” by the Roman Physician Scribonius Largus (1st Century) — Translation from Latin

Authors

  • Artur Katolo Pontificia Facolta’ Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale – ISSR i ITCS [professor emeritus]; Europejska Uczelnia w Warszawie – Neofilologia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-365X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.28.19

Keywords:

Ancient Rome, Roman medicine, Roman physicians, pharmacology, diseases

Abstract

Scribonius Largus’s (1st-century) Compositiones Medicamentorum is one of the most important sources in the history of medicine. The recipes it contains were used in European medicine until the end of the 17th century. The purpose of this article is to present [translated from Latin] the methods of treating laryngological and dental ailments according to the recipes of this ancient Roman physician.

Author Biography

  • Artur Katolo, Pontificia Facolta’ Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale – ISSR i ITCS [professor emeritus]; Europejska Uczelnia w Warszawie – Neofilologia

    Fr. Prof. Artur Katolo, PhD, ThD, MA (prof. dr hab.) – Born on September 10, 1967. An Italian philologist, theologian, Roman Catholic priest, and translator of Italian, English, Latin, and Polish literature. Graduated with degrees in theology (Catholic University of Lublin and Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale in Milan), bioethics (Scuola di Medicina e Scienze Umane HSR in Milan), English philology (Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” in Rome), classical philology (Università degli Studi “Tor Vergata” in Rome), and Italian philology (Istituto Universitario ICOTEA in Ispica). In 1997–2002 – associate professor at the Seminario Vescovile – Scuola di Formazione Teologica in San Miniato (PI). From 2002–2022 – full professor (professore stabile) – Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale – ISSR in Rende (CS). From 2023 – professor emeritus – Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale – ISSR in Rende (CS). In 2010–2018, the Scientific Director of the “Dike kai nomos. Quaderni di cultura politico-giuridica” (Cosenza-Roma). In Poland: full professor at the Ateneum Szkoła Wyższa in Gdańsk (2008–2018), at the Higher School of Philology in Wrocław (2018–2020), at the European University in Warsaw (2020–2025), and at the Pomeranian University of Applied Sciences in Starogard Gdański (from 2025).

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2025-10-30

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No. 28 (2025): Chrestomatia antyczna. In memoriam Joannae Rybowska

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Methods of Treatment of Various Ent and Dental Illnesses according to the “Compositiones medicamentorum” by the Roman Physician Scribonius Largus (1st Century) — Translation from Latin. (2025). Collectanea Philologica, 28, 283-293. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.28.19
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