An ancient greek pain remedy for athletes
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An ancient greek pain remedy for athletes. / Bartels, Else M.; Swaddling, Judith; Harrison, Adrian Paul.
I: Pain Practice, Bind 6, Nr. 3, 2006, s. 212-218.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Formidling
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T1 - An ancient greek pain remedy for athletes
AU - Bartels, Else M.
AU - Swaddling, Judith
AU - Harrison, Adrian Paul
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - While Hippocratic writings make no reference to the actual Olympics, there is frequent mention of diet, exercise, and the treatment of injuries sustained by the athletic participants. Indeed, Galen in his Composition of Medicines gives details of a remedy prescribed for the relief of pains and swellings, which was reserved for use by the winners of Olympic events, the so-called "Fuscum Olympionico inscriptum"-(ointment) entitled "dark Olympic victor's". In a time when the Olympic games have recently returned to their homeland, we examine the potential efficacy of this ancient remedy in terms of pain relief, the novelty of transdermal pain management, and the ability of ancient physicians to attend to the sports-related needs of highly tuned athletes.
AB - While Hippocratic writings make no reference to the actual Olympics, there is frequent mention of diet, exercise, and the treatment of injuries sustained by the athletic participants. Indeed, Galen in his Composition of Medicines gives details of a remedy prescribed for the relief of pains and swellings, which was reserved for use by the winners of Olympic events, the so-called "Fuscum Olympionico inscriptum"-(ointment) entitled "dark Olympic victor's". In a time when the Olympic games have recently returned to their homeland, we examine the potential efficacy of this ancient remedy in terms of pain relief, the novelty of transdermal pain management, and the ability of ancient physicians to attend to the sports-related needs of highly tuned athletes.
KW - Former LIFE faculty
KW - cannabinoids
KW - ointments
KW - opioids
KW - transdermal
U2 - 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2006.00088.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2006.00088.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 212
EP - 218
JO - Pain Practice
JF - Pain Practice
SN - 1530-7085
IS - 3
ER -
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