{"product_id":"the-medicina-plinii-latin-text-translation-and-commentary-paperback","title":"The Medicina Plinii: Latin Text, Translation, and Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYvette Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents the first ever English translation of the \u003cem\u003eMedicina Plinii\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most influential books of applied medicine and self-medication in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work, which predates AD 400, was created as a quick reference work for travellers, and became and remained highly influential, as witnessed by frequent references to it and by various later adaptations. Only the rise of scientific medicine and pharmacology led to its demise and confinement in a small corner of specialist studies. It presents more than 1,150 healing methods and recipes mainly adapted from the encyclopedic \u003cem\u003eNatural History of Pliny the Elder\u003c\/em\u003e, arranged from the patient's head to foot in order that readers could quickly find treatments for their diseases. The \u003cem\u003eMedicina Plinii\u003c\/em\u003e is of dual interest to present-day scholarship: The book is a monument for the practical application of classical knowledge which has recently found lively interest in the history of science and medicine. At the same time the \u003cem\u003eMedicina Plinii\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating insight into the realities of the world of Late Antiquity, and into the anxieties of the people living in the vast Roman empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students in the History of Science and Medicine, along with a wider audience interested in medicine, and in life in the Roman world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYvette Hunt\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eByzantine Culture in Translation, (\u003c\/em\u003eedited by Amelia Brown and Bronwen Neil). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241580425490,"sku":"9781032177038","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/MV-uQfADzf9781032177038.webp?v=1777903677","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/the-medicina-plinii-latin-text-translation-and-commentary-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}