Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine
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For 1,600 years Dioscorides (ca. AD 40-80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral contraceptives. Why, then, have his works remained obscure in recent centuries? Because of one small oversight (Dioscorides himself thought it was self-evident): he...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292729847
ISBN13:9780292729841
Release Date:January 1986
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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