Alan Sumler, Ph.D.
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Alan Sumler, Ph.D.
@alansumler.bsky.social
Stock market analyst at Seeking Alpha. College Professor in the field of Classics. https://ucdenver.academia.edu/AlanSumler
Current Research: the Roman party scene
According to Pliny the Elder, the point of the private clinic was for the patient to undergo dream healing locally without the temple. Clinic comes from the Greek word for lie down or recline. Ancient doctors would decide before treating a patient whether they were afflicted by an illness from a god
January 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
intense read. great thinker as well.
December 22, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Galen was so unhappy over his loss of pharmaceutical recipes in this fire. He wrote a book about it.
December 19, 2024 at 5:51 PM
December 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM