Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece /

Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece /

Hippocratic Recipes is the first extended study of the pharmacological recipes included in the Hippocratic Corpus. The recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, are here examined both from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. Drawing on studies in the fields...

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Main Author: Totelin, Laurence M. V.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 34.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

Hippocrates > Pharmacology.
Hippocrates.
Pharmaceutical Preparations > history.
Drug Compounding > history.
Drug Prescriptions > history.
Greek World.
History, Ancient.
Pharmacology > history.
Drug development > Greece > History > To 1500.
Pharmacology > Greece > History > To 1500.

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Call Number: RM300 .T68 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Introduction - Under The Spell Of The Pharmakon /
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  • Chapter One. Oral Transmission Of Medical Knowledge And Written Recipes /
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  • Chapter Two. The History Of The Written Catalogues Of Recipes /
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  • Chapter Three. Hippocratic Recipes Between Home Remedies And Haute Médecine /
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  • Chapter Four. Imports, Geographical Determinism And Influences: The Use Of Exotic And Luxury Ingredients In The Hippocratic Catalogues Of Recipes /
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  • Chapter Five. Fertility And Sex: The Symbolism Attached To Some Ingredients Of The Hippocratic Gynaecological Recipes /
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  • Chapter Six. Reading, Studying And Using The Hippocratic Catalogues Of Recipes /
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  • Chapter Seven. The Afterlife Of Hippocratic Recipes /
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  • Conclusions - The Fluidity Of Pharmacological Knowledge /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • General Index /
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  • Index Of Passages Cited /
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  • Index Of Ingredients /
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