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Book Synopsis
In this culmination of over twenty years of research, the author employs modern science and anthropological studies innovatively and cautiously to demonstrate the substance to Dioscorides' authority in medicine.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dioscorides and the Materials of Medicine
  • 2. One Plant, One Chapter
  • 3. Drug Affinities
  • 4. Animals, Wines, and Minerals
  • 5. Done and Undone
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine

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    Publisher: University of Texas Press
    Publication Date: 01/01/1986
    ISBN13: 9780292729841, 978-0292729841
    ISBN10: 0292729847
    Also in:
    European history: the Romans

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In this culmination of over twenty years of research, the author employs modern science and anthropological studies innovatively and cautiously to demonstrate the substance to Dioscorides' authority in medicine.

    Table of Contents
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Introduction
    • 1. Dioscorides and the Materials of Medicine
    • 2. One Plant, One Chapter
    • 3. Drug Affinities
    • 4. Animals, Wines, and Minerals
    • 5. Done and Undone
    • Notes
    • Works Cited
    • Index

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