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Translated into several languages both ancient and modern, and later supplemented with commentary by european, middle eastern, and indian authors, it has been the prime authority and source work on herbs and other medicinal substances in the. It was destined to be one of the most famous books on pharmacology and medicine but is also rich in horticulture and plant ecology. During the first century, the greek doctor and apothecary dioscorides. Therapeutics, and materia medica at the joseph academy of medicine, vienna, austria. Materia medica and therapeutics based upon established physiological actions and the indications in small doses. An infusion or decoction is always presumed to be from a dry botanical. Louvrage fut traduit en arabe au xe siecle, a lepoque dabd alrahman iii 891. Some of its illustrations are probably derived from crateuas, together with plant names, such as anemone and anagallis, which are. So this book, as one of the earliest precursors to modern pharmacopoeias is.
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