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Salvete omnes

I have set up a new list for a sodalitas Valetudinis

Group name: Valetudinis
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Valetudinis
Group email address: Valetudinis@yahoogroups.com

This is a moderated public list intended to discuss ancient medical
practices. Considered for topics of discussion will be Roman
herbalism, whether for religio-magical use related to healing or for
medicinal purposes, also the culti Deorum of Roman and Greek healing
deities, as well as from other cultures and not to exclude Jewish
and Christian traditions. My interest in herbalism will also have
us look into herbals up to the Renaissance, including the Tacuinum
Sanitas of the Medeival period that were based on Classical texts.
The group will look over a wide range of topics, taking a broad view
of the Classical influence on medical practice from roughly the
fifth century BCE through the fifteenth century CE.

Di Deaeque vos inculumes custodiant
M Horatius Piscinus

Now that I started it, I wish I had more time to devote to it.