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There were two main periods of Roman medicine: the pre-Hellenic, mainly known from writings of Cato and Pliny the Elder, and from laws, inscriptions and allusions in Latin authors.
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Medvei, V.C. (1982). The Graeco-Roman Period (156 BC-576 AD). In: A History of Endocrinology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7304-6_8
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