Title:
Critical approaches to the history of western herbal medicine : from classical antiquity to the early modern period / edited by Susan Francia and Anne Stobart.
Author:
Francia, Susan.
Stobart, Anne.
Publication Information:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Call Number:
RM666.H33 C75 2015
ISBN:
9781474255042
Physical Description:
xv, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Contents:
1. The fragmentation of herbal history: the way forward / Anne Stobart and Susan Francia -- 2. Early Greek medicine: evidence of models, methods and materia medica / Vicki Pitman -- 3. Evaluating the content of medieval herbals / Anne Van Arsdall -- 4. Early-modern midwifery manuals and herbal practice / Elaine Hobby -- 5. An anatomy of the English Physitian / Graeme Tobyn -- 6. The use of trade accounts to uncover the importance of cumin as a medicinal plant in medieval England / Susan Francia -- 7. Early modern childbirth and herbs - the challenge of finding the sources - nicky wesson -- 8. Testamentary records of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries as a source for the history of herbal medicine in England / Richard Aspin -- 9. Galen's simple medicines: problems in ancient herbal medicine / John Wilkins -- 10. Deciphering dioscorides: mountains and molehills? / Alison Denham and Midge Whitelegg -- 11. William Turner : a milestone in botanical medicine / Marie Addyman -- 12. John Parkinson: gardener and apothecary of London / Jill Francis -- 13. Archaeological sources for the history of herbal medicine practice : the case study of St John's wort with valerian at Soutra medieval hospital / Brian Moffat -- 14. How can ethnobotany contribute to the history of western herbal medicine? a Mesoamerican answer / Anna Waldstein -- 15. The history of herbal medicine as a developing field / Anne Stobart and Susan Francia.
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