O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio.
Opium was known and frequently used in Roman society. Medical practice recognized its usefulness as an analgesic, soporific, anti-tussic or anti-diarrheic agent, as well as other currently unsupported uses with quasi-magical properties. It was additionally used as an ingredient in antidotes, panacea...
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| description | Opium was known and frequently used in Roman society. Medical practice recognized its usefulness as an analgesic, soporific, anti-tussic or anti-diarrheic agent, as well as other currently unsupported uses with quasi-magical properties. It was additionally used as an ingredient in antidotes, panaceas and poisons. The authors present a non-exhaustive compilation of opium use according to medical doctors, writers and encyclopaedists of the time. Mythological and literary representations of the opium poppy reflected its diverse roles, being associated with prosperity and fertility, sleep, death and the underworld and with the art of medicine. Despite its free and routine use, there is no solid evidence of addiction, except the putative case of emperor Marcus Aurelius, consistently reported as one of the most likely cases of addiction to opium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71de05c97eb3406faab74a58250f0e672022-12-22T04:30:02ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07582009-03-0121610.20344/amp.819O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio.Bruno Trancas0Nuno Borja SantosLuís D PatrícioServiço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora.Opium was known and frequently used in Roman society. Medical practice recognized its usefulness as an analgesic, soporific, anti-tussic or anti-diarrheic agent, as well as other currently unsupported uses with quasi-magical properties. It was additionally used as an ingredient in antidotes, panaceas and poisons. The authors present a non-exhaustive compilation of opium use according to medical doctors, writers and encyclopaedists of the time. Mythological and literary representations of the opium poppy reflected its diverse roles, being associated with prosperity and fertility, sleep, death and the underworld and with the art of medicine. Despite its free and routine use, there is no solid evidence of addiction, except the putative case of emperor Marcus Aurelius, consistently reported as one of the most likely cases of addiction to opium.https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/819 |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Trancas Nuno Borja Santos Luís D Patrício O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| title | O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. |
| title_full | O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. |
| title_fullStr | O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. |
| title_full_unstemmed | O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. |
| title_short | O uso do ópio na sociedade romana e a dependência do Princeps Marco Aurélio. |
| title_sort | o uso do opio na sociedade romana e a dependencia do princeps marco aurelio |
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