Organization Type: Museum Address: Karaoli kai Dimitriou 35 City: Larnaca Zip / Postal Code: 6021 Country: Cyprus Telephone Number: +35797606424 Abstract: The Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus was established in 2011. It displays medical items, books, and framed documents relating to the practice of Cypriot medicine and the history of medicine in Cyprus, from antiquity to the 20th century. Documents with old Cypriot poems and curses with medical content, and a number of virtually forgotten sayings and poems with medical slant of Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian or Ottoman origins are exhibited on walls.. The walls of the main entrance hall (Iliakos) are lined with framed pictures displaying the history of medicine from antiquity, through the Middle Ages and early 1800s. Examples include depictions of operations without anaesthetic, treatment of cholera or the plague, and treatments in monasteries. There are Pharmacist’s cupboards displaying original bottles, tablets, injections, and doctor’s prescriptions. Holdings: Many books on all aspects of medicine, from the 1800s to today. About 1000 medical and surgical items, and framed documents and pictures. Contact Name, Title: Marios Kyriazis Contact Telephone Number: +35797606424 Contact Email Address: drmarios@live.it Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Dentistry, History of Medicine [show all 4]
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