John Scarborough
Ashgate
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Professor Scarborough brings together here fourteen of his essays on ancient drugs and pharmacy concerned with aspects of a pharmacology and medical botany that incorporate magic astrology and alchemy as well as the expected theoretical constructs of elements qualities and humors. Particular studies deal with Hippocrates toxicology as revealed in the work of Nicander of Colophon and Roman medicine while the collection concludes with two studies that explicate early Byzantine pharmacology and how garden lore in Byzantine times contributed to practical pharmacy.