Hippocratic recipes oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2009
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| Series: | Studies in ancient medicine ;
34 |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991006675389708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
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.
