On Simples, Attributed to Dioscorides : Introduction, Translation, Concordances /

On Simples, Attributed to Dioscorides : Introduction, Translation, Concordances /

On Simples , a medicinal text of the first century A.D., is attributed in the manuscripts to the famous Dioscorides. In a remarkable piece of detective work, Professor Fitch establishes that its alphabetical sequences of medications, ignored by earlier scholars, are conclusive proof that the attribu...

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Main Author: Fitch, John G. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine ; 57.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.

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Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Materia medica > Early works to 1800.
Medicine > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: R126.D7

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Nature of the Work
  • 2 Title and Focus: On Simples or Euporista ?
  • 3 Sources and Compilation (1): An Alphabetical Source
  • 4 Sources and Compilation (2): Additions to the Alphabetical Source
  • 5 Relationship to Dioscorides
  • 6 The Compiler
  • 7 Date
  • 8 Earlier Scholarship
  • 9 Future Research
  • 10 Identifications of Plants
  • 11 This Translation
  • Weights and Measures
  • On Simples
  • Book 1: External Medicine
  • Preface
  • Head (1-28)
  • Eyes (29-53)
  • Ears (54-65)
  • Teeth and Gums (66-77)
  • Mouth and Throat (78-88)
  • Hair (89-98)
  • Skin of Head and Body (99-124)
  • Breasts (125-131)
  • Testicles (132-134)
  • Swellings and Tumours (135-153)
  • Wounds (154-159)
  • Skin Conditions (160-170)
  • Lesions (171-197)
  • Haemorrhages (198-201)
  • Anus (202-217)
  • Sinews and Joints (218-235)
  • Book 2: Internal Medicine
  • Preface
  • Stomach and Abdomen (1-17)
  • Fevers (18-28)
  • Lungs and Chest (29-41)
  • Intestines (42-57)
  • Gall-Bladder, Liver and Spleen (58-66)
  • Parasitic Worms (68-70)
  • Reproductive Organs (71-105)
  • Kidneys and Bladder (106-119)
  • Poisonous Bites and Stings (120-138)
  • Other Poisons (Chiefly Ingested) (139-168)
  • Envoi
  • Concordances, Appendices, Indices
  • Concordance of Medications 1: English-Greek
  • Concordance of Medications 2: Greek-English
  • Appendix 1: Divergences from Wellmann's Greek Text
  • Appendix 2: Textual Notes
  • Appendix 3: Alphabetical Sequences
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ailments and Body Parts
  • Index of Medications
  • General Index.