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A medieval surgical pharmacopoeia and formulary : with a list of simples and compounds : 1170-1325

Title
A medieval surgical pharmacopoeia and formulary : with a list of simples and compounds : 1170-1325 / by Leonard D. Rosenman.
Author
Rosenman, Leonard D.
Publication
[Philadelphia, PA] : Xlibris Corporation, ©1999, 2006.

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Description
162 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
A compilation of medicines and herbals taken from medieval texts, 1170 and 1325.
Subject
  • Medicinal plants
  • Pharmacopoeias
  • Medicine, Medieval
  • Formularies as Topic
  • Pharmacopoeias as Topic
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- The eight sources -- Bibliography -- The medicinal substances: a compendium -- A preface -- A brief glossary for the list and appendices -- The format -- The list -- Seven appendices -- Appendix I. Lanfranchi's classes of medications -- Appendix II. Henri de Mondeville's classes of medicines and synonyms of medications from Mondeville -- Appendix III. A discursive formulary from Henri de Mondeville's Chirurgia -- Appendix IV. A therapeutic incantation in Theodoric's Chirurgia -- Appendix V. Medieval surgical anaesthesia -- Three collections of medications that span the millennium preceding the medieval surgeons -- Appendix VI. A classical sampler -- a. Pliny's herbal, including, b. Celsus' pharmacopoeia -- Appendix VII. The pharmacopeia of Paul of Aegina, with supplements by F. Adams.
ISBN
  • 1425716075 (hardcover)
  • 9781425716073 (hardcover)
  • 1425716083 (softcover)
  • 9781425716080 (softcover)
LCCN
2006907017
OCLC
  • ocm75960498
  • SCSB-5307649
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries