oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Laurence M.V. Totelin
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 366 p. :
Other Physical Details
maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in ancient medicine,
Volume Designation
v. 34
ISSN of Series
0925-1421 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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