Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine

329 Pages·2011·67.78 MB·English

by  John M. Riddle

DIOSCORIDES ON PHARMACY AND MEDICINE
History of Science Series, No. 3
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Pedanios Dioscorides, Dioscorides and the Roman legions
(Parke-Davis Great Moments in Pharmacy art series;
courtesy Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Company).
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DIOSCORIDES
ON PHARMACY
AND MEDICINE
John M. Riddle
FOREWORD BY JOHN SCARBOROUGH
University of Texas Press, Austin
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Copyright © 1985 by the University of Texas Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition, 1985
Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work
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Austin, Texas 78713.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Riddle, John M.
Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine.
(History of science series ; no. 3)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos. De materia
medica. 2. Materia medica—Early works to 1800.
3. Medicine, Greek and Roman—Early works to 1800.
4. Medicinal plants—Early works to 1800. I. Title.
II. Series: History of science series (Austin, Tex.);
no. 3. [DNLM: 1. Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos.
2. History of Medicine, Ancient. 3. Pharmacognosy—
history. 4. Pharmacology—history, wz 100 D594R]
RS79.D563R53 1985 615'.321 85-6220
ISBN 0-292-71544-7
ISBN 978-0-292-75646-5 (e-book)
ISBN 978-0-292-75647-2 (individual e-book)
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CONTENTS
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
1. Dioscorides and the Materials of Medicine 1
2. One Plant, One Chapter 25
3. Drug Affinities 94
4. Animals, Wines, and Minerals 132
5. Done and Undone 168
Notes 219
Works Cited 257
Index 279
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ILLUSTRATIONS
i. The Spice Route 99
2. Cinnamon Bark Quills 102
3. Pompholyx Manufacture 252
4. Galenic Pharmacology 272
5. Galenic Drug Intensities 272
6. Anicia Juliana 182
7. Dioscorides 184
8. Climbing Birth wort and Mullein 185
9. The Seven Physician-Pharmacists 187
10. Dioscorides and Mandrake 189
11. Four Plants in Neapolitan MS 292
12. Later Stages of Papyrus Drawing Style 294
13. Castor Oil Plant, Anicia MS and Paris MS 296
14. Koris Plant, Yrevan Fragment and Munich MS 297
15. "Mouse-Ear" Plant 299
16. Thapsia and White Hellebore as Purgative-Emetics 200
17. Ophthalmologic Use of Malabathrum 202
18. Bramble 206
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