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2023

Journal article

Pharmaceutical Terminology in Ancient and Medieval Time – andrachne, chrysocolla and Others.

Ancient and medieval pharmacological and medical texts contain a substantial amount of plant and mineral names. In some cases, the identification is straightforward. But for the majority of the data, we are unable to identify these ingredients with high certainty. In this paper, we discuss a selection of plant and...

Zipser, Barbara ; Scott, Andrew C. ; Allkin, Robert ; Gan, Peretz ; Lardos, Andreas …
Medical history, Byzantine medicine, Materia medica, Pharmacognosy, Medicinal plants, Medicinal minerals, and Greek medicine
2024

Journal article

A systematic methodology to assess the identity of plants in historical texts: A case study. based on the Byzantine pharmacy text John the Physician's Therapeutics

Lardos, Andreas ; Patmore, Kristina ; Allkin, Robert ; Lazarou, Rebecca ; Nesbitt, Mark …
Byzantine pharmacy, John the Physician's Therapeutics, Ethnopharmacology, Mediterranean, Herbals, Materia medica, and Dioscorides