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Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West : Essays in Honor of John M. Riddle, Paperback / softback Book

Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West : Essays in Honor of John M. Riddle Paperback / softback

Edited by Anne Van Arsdall, Timothy Graham

Part of the Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean series

Paperback / softback

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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.

Fittingly, the volume honors Professor John M. Riddle, one of today's most respected medieval historians, whose career has been devoted to decoding the complexities of early medicine and pharmacy. "Herbs" in the title generally connotes drugs in ancient and medieval times; the essays here discuss interesting aspects of the challenges scholars face as they translate and interpret texts in several older languages.

Some of the healers in the volume are named, such as Philotas of Amphissa, Gariopontus, and Constantine the African; many are anonymous and known only from their treatises on drugs and/or medicine. The volume's scope demonstrates the breadth of current research being undertaken in the field, examining both practical medical arts and medical theory from the ancient world into early modern times.

It also includes a paper about a cutting-edge Internet-based system for ongoing academic collaboration.

The essays in this volume reveal insightful research approaches and highlight new discoveries that will be of interest to the international academic community of classicists, medievalists, and early-modernists because of the scarcity of publications objectively evaluating long-lived traditions that have their origin in the world of the ancient Mediterranean.

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