The Alphabet of Galen: Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, a Critical Edition of the Latin Text With English Translation and Commentary - Couverture souple

Everett, Nicholas

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ISBN 10 : 080209550X ISBN 13 : 9780802095503

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Alphabet of Galen With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Alphabet of Galen is a critical edition and English translation of a text describing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products - including metals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs - and their medicinal uses. A Latin translation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated among collections of 'authorities' on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, Soranus, and Ps. Apuleius. This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient science and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nicholas Everett is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 080209550X
• ISBN 13: 9780802095503
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480