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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

      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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