Title: Prospecting for drugs in ancient and medieval European texts : a scientific approach /
Authors: Holland, Bart K.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Plants, Medicinal; Pharmacopoeias as Topic history; Formularies as Topic history; Pharmaceutical Preparations history; Medicinal plants Early works to 1800 History.; Medicine Formulae, receipts, prescriptions History.; Pharmacology History; Drugs History.; Pharmacopoeias History.; Europe
Contents: Overview : prospecting for drugs in ancient and medieval texts / Bart K. Holland -- The medicines of Greco-Roman antiquity as a source of medicines for today / John M. Riddle -- The medicines of medieval and Renaissance Europe as a source of medicines for today / Anne Van Arsdall -- An example of a primary source : This booke of sovereigne medicines / Elizabeth R. Macgill -- What's in a name : identifying plants in pre-Linnaean botanical literature / James L. Reveal -- From plant lore to pharmacy : a prototype of the process / Thurman Hunt -- How shall we determine whether a treatment works? / Bart K. Holland.