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635150
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Everett, Nicholas
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The Alphabet of Galen : : pharmacy from antiquity to the Middle Ages : a critical edition of the Latin text with English translation and commentary /\ by Nicholas Everett
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: University of Toronto Press,, c2012
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xviii, 445 p., 8 p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780802098122 (bound : alk. paper)
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: 0802098126 (bound : alk. paper)
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: 9780802095503 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 080209550X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Chapter I. Introduction to the Alphabet of Galen. -- A. Introduction. -- B. Character of the AG and its date of composition. -- C. The (recorded) history of the AG. -- D. The prologue and epilogue. -- E. The Liber de dynamidiis. -- F. A road through Ravenna? -- G. Self-medicating in Late Antiquity. -- H. Evaluating the AG's pharmacy. -- I. Evaluating the AG's botany. -- Chapter II. Pharmacology. -- A. Introduction. -- B. Natural products and pharmacy. -- C. Sensory perception. -- D. Drug properties. -- E. Four main properties and Greek cosmology. -- F. Uis vs. uirtus. -- G. Humour, bile and phlegm. -- H. Explicit theorising in the AG. -- I. Doctrine of signatures and the absence of magic. -- J. Non-medical uses. -- Chapter III. Sources compared and lost. -- A. Introduction -- B. Dioscorides -- C. Pliny -- D. Sextius Niger: the possibility -- E. Other lost sources B.C. to A.D. -- F. Two linguistic echoes: the Diaeta Theodori and Ps. Apuleius -- G. Conclusion -- H. The Comparanda -- Chapter IV. Language, Latinity and Translation. -- A. Introduction. Language and dating the AG. -- B. Grammar. -- C. Vocabulary. -- D. Uiscidus and uiscide. -- E. The -aster / -astrum suffix. -- F. Greek in the AG. -- G. Conclusion. -- H. Difficulties of terminology and translation. -- I. Neologisms and rare words. -- Chapter V. Manuscripts. -- A. Overview and editorial principles. -- B. Variants. -- C. Manuscripts. -- D. The Editio princeps (J). -- Alphabetum Galieni (Latin Text) / The Alphabet of Galen (English translation). -- Bibliography. -- A. Ancient and Medieval Sources. -- B. Modern Studies. -- Index. -- A. Plants and plant products. -- B. Minerals and mineral products. -- C. Animals and animal products. -- D. Place-names. -- E. Medical. -- F. General. -- G. Interesting or rare words (see also ch. IV.I). -- H. Materia medica (general)
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"The Alphabet of Galen is a critical edition and English translation of a text describing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products - including metals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs - and their medicinal uses. A Latin translation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated among collections of 'authorities' on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, Soranus, and Ps. Apuleius
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This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient science and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history
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Materia medica, Early works to 1800
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Medicine, Greek and Roman, Early works to 1800
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Pharmacy, Early works to 1800
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Pharmacy-- History
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History, Ancient
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History, Medieval
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Materia Medica-- History
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Alfabetum Galieni-- Criticism and interpretation
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Alfabetum Galieni
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Alfabetum Galieni
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Alfabetum Galieni
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| Dewey Classification
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615.1
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| LC Classification
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RS79.E94 2012
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QV 711.1E93a 2012
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