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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Scientists Identify Intestinal Parasites in Ancient GREEK Burials

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Some 2,500 years ago, the GREEK doctor Hippocrates described infestations of parasitic worms in his patients. Modern scholars suspected he was referring to roundworms, pinworms, and tapeworms, but had not been able to confirm the diagnoses. Live Science reports that ...


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