Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
3 Food and drugs
In the previous section, you encountered two foods that could also serve as drugs: citron and breast milk. In this section, you will learn more about the difference between a food and a drug, and explore how knowledge of drugs was recorded and transmitted. In keeping healthy, wine played an important role, as did antidotes to poison.
Figure 10 Chicken soup
Bowl of chicken soup with a spoon resting against the side of the bowl.
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