title: [On roman philonium].
abstract: The roman philonium (Philonium Romanum) is an example of pharmacological poetry. This opiate was conceived by Philo of Tarsus, who was active during the first century of the Common Era. His antidote was written in elegiac couplets. The conservation of these couplets is owed to Galen, who reproduced them in the ninth book of On the Composition of Medicines according to the Places. Most of this Galenic treatise has not been translated into Spanish. For the first time, we offer this prescription in our language from a French version of the fin de siècle. Additionally, we attempt an exegesis of Philo's poem.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delgado-García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Español, Prepa Tec Santa Catarina, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Návarez
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Clínica, Departamento de Neurología y Psiquiatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Estañol
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D049690:History, Ancient; D007802:Language; D053610:Opiate Alkaloids / Q000266:history*; D014177:Translations
chemical_list: D053610:Opiate Alkaloids