Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : maps |
Series |
Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; v. 34 |
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Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 34.
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Contents |
Oral transmission of medical knowledge and written recipes -- The history of the written catalogues of recipes -- Hippocratic recipes between home remedies and haute medecine -- Imports, geographical determinism, and influences : the use of exotic and luxury ingredients in the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- Fertility and sex : the symbolism attached to some of the ingredients of the Hippocratic gynaecological recipes -- Reading, studying, and using the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- The afterlife of Hippocratic recipes |
Summary |
Presents a study of the pharmacological recipes included in the ""Hippocratic Corpus"". This work examines the recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. It offers fresh insights into the production and use of pharmacological knowledge in the classical world |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and indexes |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Hippocrates -- Knowledge -- Pharmacology
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SUBJECT |
Hippocrates |
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Hippocrates fast |
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Pharmacology -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
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Drug development -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
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Pharmaceutical Preparations -- history
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Drug Compounding -- history
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Drug Prescriptions -- history
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Greek World
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History, Ancient
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Pharmacology -- history
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MEDICAL -- Drug Guides.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacy.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology.
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Drug development
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Pharmacology
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Greece
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789047424864 |
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9047424867 |
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1282400428 |
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9781282400429 |
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9786612400421 |
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6612400420 |
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