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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Yvette Hunt (The University of Queensland, Australia) , Yvette Hunt (The University of Queensland, Australia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9781138934825ISBN 10: 1138934828 Pages: 302 Publication Date: 07 October 2019 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Medicina Plinii: Text and Translation 3. CommentaryReviews"""Yvette Hunt presents the first complete English translation of this important text, supported by an extensive commentary on terms and themes in every one of the chapters. The volume also includes a detailed index of diseases and conditions, medicinal ingredients and compound remedies, as well as medical tools and methods, as they are found in both the Latin and English texts and in the commentary... Modern readers will find in her translation a fascinating and valuable window onto healing, trade, and medical culture in the Roman world, and her commentary is a treasure trove of textual comparisons for scholars of premodern medicine."" - Bryn Mawr Classical Review" Yvette Hunt presents the first complete English translation of this important text, supported by an extensive commentary on terms and themes in every one of the chapters. The volume also includes a detailed index of diseases and conditions, medicinal ingredients and compound remedies, as well as medical tools and methods, as they are found in both the Latin and English texts and in the commentary... Modern readers will find in her translation a fascinating and valuable window onto healing, trade, and medical culture in the Roman world, and her commentary is a treasure trove of textual comparisons for scholars of premodern medicine. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author Information"Yvette Hunt is Honorary Research Fellow within the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at The University of Queensland. She completed her PhD there in 2013. Among her research interests are ancient medicine and toxicology and their reception in the medieval period, ancient magic, and public entertainment in the Roman period along with the policies which regulated it. In the field of ancient medicine, Yvette has previously published a paper addressing the reception of Dioscorides: ""Bang for his buck: Dioscorides as a gift of the tenth-century Byzantine court"", in Byzantine Culture in Translation, (edited by Amelia Brown and Bronwen Neil)." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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