Hippocratic recipes : oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece / / by Laurence M.V. Totelin.
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| Superior document: | Studies in ancient medicine, v. 34 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in ancient medicine ;
v. 34. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 366 p. :; maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.