This week, Christina tells the convoluted story(s) of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the patrons of doctors and physicians, who have a complicated but important history.
Sources:
Jović, Nebojša J., and Marios Theologou. "The miracle of the black leg: Eastern neglect of Western addition to the hagiography of Saints Cosmas and Damian." Acta medico-historica Adriatica: AMHA 13.2 (2015): 329-344.
LaWall, Charles H. "St. Cosmas and St. Damian, patron saints of medicine and pharmacy." Journal of Chemical Education 11.10 (1934): 555.
Beldekos, Dimitris, et al. "The Medical Vestment and Surgical Instruments of Saint Cosmas and Damian on Sinai Icons From the Seventh to the Eighteenth Century." Journal of religion and health 54 (2015): 2020-2032.
Wikipedia:
Saints Cosmas and Damian
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Holy Unmercenaries
