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

Presents a study of the pharmacological recipes included in the ""Hippocratic Corpus"". This work examines the recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. It offers fresh insights into the productio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Totelin, Laurence M. V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 34.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Presents a study of the pharmacological recipes included in the ""Hippocratic Corpus"". This work examines the recipes, found mostly in the gynaecological and nosological treatises, from a philological and a sociocultural point of view. It offers fresh insights into the production and use of pharmacological knowledge in the classical world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047424864
9047424867
1282400428
9781282400429
9786612400421
6612400420
ISSN:0925-1421 ;