De materia medica
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De materia medica
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De materia medica is a pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants and the medicines that can be obtained from them. The five-volume work was written between 50 and 70 CE by Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek physician in the Roman army. It was widely read for more than 1,500 years until supplanted by revised herbals in the Renaissance, making it one of the longest-lasting of all natural history and pharmacology books. The work describes many drugs known to be effective, including aconite, aloes, colocynth, co
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1st century pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants and medicines by Pedanius Dioscorides
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2014-05-23T11:44:02Z
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2024-08-31T10:37:30Z
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