About a Medical Amulet in the Archaeological Museum in Florence
Authors
Donatella Lippi
Institute of the History of Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
Keywords:
Medical Amulets, Ancient Gynaecology , History of Medicine
Abstract
In the Archaeological Museum in Florence there is a medical amulet, which is made of haematite and shows the reproduction of the womb, with four divinities and inscriptions, which can be considered a peculiar evidence of anatomical knowledge of the past.
