Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine

by John M. Riddle

Book Overview

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"