Pharmacy and Drug Lore in Antiquity

Download or read book Pharmacy and Drug Lore in Antiquity written by John Scarborough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Scarborough brings together here fourteen of his essays on ancient drugs and pharmacy, concerned with aspects of a pharmacology and medical botany that incorporate magic, astrology, and alchemy, as well as the expected theoretical constructs of elements, qualities, and humors. Particular studies deal with Hippocrates, toxicology as revealed in the work of Nicander of Colophon, and Roman medicine, while the collection concludes with two studies that explicate early Byzantine pharmacology and how garden lore in Byzantine times contributed to practical pharmacy.