The Medicina Plinii : Latin text, translation, and commentary / Yvette Hunt ; with an introduction by Kai Brodersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunt, Yvette, translator, writer of added commentary.

Brodersen, Kai, writer of introduction.

Series:

Scientific writings from the ancient and medieval world

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Medicina Plinii--Translations into English.

Medicina Plinii.

Medicine, Greek and Roman--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Greek and Roman.

Materia medica--Early works to 1800.

Materia medica.

Travel--Health aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800.

Travel.

Travel--Health aspects--History.

History, Ancient.

Roman World.

Travel--Health aspects.

History.

Medical Subjects:

History, Ancient.

Roman World.

Genre:

Early works.

Handbooks and manuals.

History.

Translations.

Physical Description:

ix, 302 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Language Note:

In Latin and English with commentary in English.

Summary:

"This book presents the first ever English translation of the Medicina Plinii, one of the most influential books of applied medicine and self-medication in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The work, which predates AD 400, was created as a quick reference work for travellers, and became and remained highly influential, as witnessed by frequent references to it and by various later adaptations. Only the rise of scientific medicine and pharmacology led to its demise and confinement in a small corner of specialist studies. It presents more than 1150 healing methods and recipes mainly adapted from the encyclopedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, arranged from the patient's head to foot in order that readers could quickly find treatments for their diseases. The Medicina Plinii is of dual interest to present-day scholarship: The book is a monument for the practical application of classical knowledge which has recently found lively interest in the history of science and medicine. At the same time the Medicina Plinii provides a fascinating insight into the realities of the world of late antiquity, and into the anxieties of the people living in the vast Roman empire. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students in the History of Science and Medicine, along with a wider audience interested in medicine, and in life in the Roman world"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Medicina Plinii.

Container of: Medicina Plinii. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Medicina Plinii.

ISBN:

9781138934825

1138934828

OCLC:

1123181098