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Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece
- Title
- Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece / by Laurence M.V. Totelin.
- Author
- Totelin, Laurence M. V.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
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| Text | Request in advance | RM300 .T68 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 366 pages : maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; v. 34
- Uniform Title
- Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 34.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and indexes.
- Contents
- Oral transmission of medical knowledge and written recipes -- The history of the written catalogues of recipes -- Hippocratic recipes between home remedies and haute medecine -- Imports, geographical determinism, and influences : the use of exotic and luxury ingredients in the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- Fertility and sex : the symbolism attached to some of the ingredients of the Hippocratic gynaecological recipes -- Reading, studying, and using the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- The afterlife of Hippocratic recipes.
- ISBN
- 9789004171541 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004171541 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008035399
- OCLC
- ocn243818519
- 243818519
- SCSB-5451536
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries