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Holland, Bart K. (ed.), Prospecting for Drugs in Ancient and Medieval European Texts: A Scientific Approach, Amsterdam, Harwood Academic Publishers (Cihak, Robert W. History of Medicine Collection), 1996, ix + 105 pp.
- Resum
- Produced by an unusual collaboration between leading classicists, historians of medicine, and working scientists, will provide guidance for the pharmaceutical researcher interested in the ancient lore of medicinal plants as a source of candidate compounds for investigation. A systematic scientific examination of the therapeutic claims of ancient and medieval medical texts, particularly herbal, is long overdue. Edited by a leading researcher experienced in the conduct of clinical trials, this book is intended for pharmaceutical research scientists and all those interested in the potential practical importance of drugs used in earlier times, but since forgotten.
Contents:
1. Overview: Prospecting for drugs in ancient and medieval texts / Bart K. Holland (p. 1)
2. The medicines of Greco-Roman antiquity as a source of medicines for today / John M. Riddle (p. 7)
3. The medicines of medieval and renaissance Europe as a source of medicines for today / Anne Van Arsdall (pp. 19-37)
4. An example of a primary source: This booke of sovereigne medicines / Elizabeth R. Macgill (p. 39)
5. What's in a name: identifying plants in pre-Linnaean botanical literature / James L. Reveal (p. 57)
6. From plant lore to pharmacy: a prototype of the process / Thurman Hunt (p. 91)
7. How shall we determine whether a treatment works? / Bart K. Holland (p. 97)
Index (p. 101)
- Matèries
- Medicina - Farmacologia
- Notes
- Recensió de M. P. Earles, a Medical History, 42 (1998), 261-262, en lliure accés: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi ...
- URL
- http://books.google.com/books?id=SQZpR9QphhMC&hl=ca
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