Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West

Essays in Honor of John M. Riddle
Herausgeber: Arsdall, Anne van; Graham, Timothy

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Produktbeschreibung

Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West brings together eleven papers by leading scholars in ancient and medieval medicine and pharmacy, honoring John M. Riddle, a pioneer of the study of early medicine. The volume's scope demonstrates the breadth of current research in the field, examining both practical medical arts and medical theory from the ancient world into early modern times. It includes new findings about known and anonymous ancient healers, and outlines a cutting-edge Internet-based system for ongoing academic collaboration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 765g
• ISBN-13: 9781409400387
• ISBN-10: 1409400387
• Artikelnr.: 45008423

Autorenporträt

Anne Van Arsdall is a research associate in the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA and Timothy Graham is Professor and Director at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables and Boxes
List of Contributors
Introduction
1. Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Court of Cleopatra VII: Traces of Three Physicians
2. Quid pro Quo: Revisiting the Practice of Substitution in Ancient Pharmacy
3. Speaking in Tongues: Medical Wisdom and Glossing Practices in and around Salerno
c. 1040-1200
4. The Ghost in the Articella: A Twelfth-century Commentary on the Constantinian Liber Graduum
5. "I will add what the Arab once taught": Constantine the African in Northern European Medical Verse
6. A Problematic Plant Name: elehtre. A Reconsideration
7. Herbs and Herbal Healing Satirized in Middle English Texts
8. "Kurze versuochte dinge." Ein mährisch-schlesisches wundärztliches Rezeptar des 15. Jahrhunderts
9. Saint John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in the Age of Paracelsus and the Great Herbals: Assessing the Historical Claims for a Traditional Remedy
10. Revisiting Eve's Herbs: Reflections on Therapeutic Uncertainties
11. Modding Medievalists: Designing a Web-based Portal for the Medieval Plant Survey/Portal der Pflanzen des Mittelalters (MPS/PPM)
The Publications of John M. Riddle
1964-2010
Index of Manuscripts
General Index