
Episode CIII - Old Age in the Roman World
Emperors of Rome
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The Ancient Knowledge of the Medical Process of Aging
There's a lot of discussion in the medical sources about aging. Age was seen is a very important factor in terms of diagnosing problems. So as you age, the body dries out and gets colder. And so old age is both dry and cold, and that's why h the humours have become unbalanced. You do shrivel up in old age, stereotypically, and become much colder. It was an attempt to explain the process o ey.
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