In 1989, the ship Relitto del Pozzino, which sank off the Italian coast in 130 B.C., was recovered with many important artifacts on board. One of which was believed to have been a physician's chest and inside that chest a vial of dry pills. Robert Fleischer, an evolutionary geneticist, examined them under a microscope and revealed they were compacted vegetation in a pill form. The pill contained carrot, radish, wild onion, celery, cabbage, alfalfa, oak, and hibiscus. This discovery is the first ever archaeological remains of ancient medical practices open up a whole new realm of information about that period. Read the full article...
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