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Darrera modificació: 2014-03-11
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Francia, Susan - Stobart, Anne (eds.), Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine: From Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, Londres, Bloomsbury, 2014, 368 pp.
- Resum
- Why has the history of Western herbal medicine received such little research coverage in any systematic and authoritative way, even though it has figured large in both lay and learned healthcare of the past? What methods and sources are most appropriate for the study of medicinal herbs and herbal practices of the past? This collection provides historians with a coherent guide to a variety of sources in relation to medicinal plants that they have thus far lacked. This book encourages a serious re-assessment of research in the history of herbal medicine and provides examples of appropriate methodologies and critical examinations of relevant sources. In this innovative collection, historians and researchers from a range of disciplines come together to share material on the identification and use of medicinal plants, the activities of people involved with herbal medicine and the investigation of past herbal therapeutic beliefs and practice. Classical and medieval scholars, social and literary historians, archaeologists and ethnobotanists all contribute to this exploration of the history of Western herbal medicine.
Contents:
* Foreword / Elizabeth Williamson
* 1. The Fragmentation of Herbal History: The Way Forward / Anne Stobart & Susan Francia
-- Section I. Introduction to Section 1: Revisiting the Traditional Texts: Comparative Textual Analysis and New Perspectives on Original Sources / Anne Stobart & Susan Francia
* 2. Early Greek Medicine: Evidence of Models, Methods and Materia medica / Vicki Pitman
* 3. Evaluating the Content of Medieval Herbals / Anne Van Arsdall
* 4. Early-modern Midwifery Manuals and Herbal Practice / Elaine Hobby
* 5. An Anatomy of The English Physitian / Graeme Tobyn
-- Section II. Introduction to Section 2: Using New Archival Sources: Extending the Evidence Available / Susan Francia & Anne Stobart
* 6. The Use of Trade Accounts to Uncover the Importance of Cumin as a Medicinal Plant in Medieval England / Susan Francia
* 7. Early Modern Childbirth and Herbs: The Challenge of Finding the Sources / Nicky Wesson
* 8. Testamentary Records of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries as a Source for the History of Herbal Medicine in England / Richard Aspin
-- Section III. Introduction to Section 3: Focusing on One Individual: Biographical and Other Textual Sources / Susan Francia & Anne Stobart
* 9. Galen's Simple Medicines: Problems in Ancient Herbal Medicine / John Wilkins
* 10. Deciphering Dioscorides: Mountains and Molehills? / Alison Denham & Midge Whitelegg
* 11. William Turner: A Milestone in Botanical Medicine / Marie Addyman
* 12. John Parkinson: Gardener and Apothecary of London / Jill Francis
-- Section IV. Introduction to Section 4: Contributions from Other Disciplines / Susan Francia & Anne Stobart
* 13. Archaeological Sources for the History of Herbal Medicine Practice: The Case Study of St John's Wort with Valerian at Soutra Medieval Hospital / Brian Moffat
* 14. How Can Ethnobotany Contribute to the History of Western Herbal Medicine? A Mesoamerican Answer / Anna Waldstein
* 15. The History of Herbal Medicine as a Developing Field / Anne Stobart & Susan Francia
- Matèries
- Medicina - Farmacologia
Història natural - Vegetals
- Notes
- Informació de l'editor
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