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Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine Pdf

Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine
Author: John M. Riddle
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0292729847

For 1,600 years Dioscorides (ca. Download Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine (History of Science Series) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. AD 40-80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral contraceptives. Why, then, have his works remained obscure in recent centuries? Because of one small oversight (Dioscorides himself thought it was self-evident): he failed to describe his method for organizing drugs by their affinities. This omission led medical authorities to use his materials as a guide to pharmacy while overlooking Dioscorides' most valuable contribution-his empirically derived method for observing and classifying drugs by clinical testing. Diosco Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine medical books pdf for free. AD 40-80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral contraceptives. Why, then, have his works remained obscure in recent centuries? Because of one small oversight (Dioscorides himself thought it was self-evident): he failed to describe his method for organizing drugs by their affinities. This omission led medical authorities to use his materials as a guide to pharmacy while overlooking Dioscorides' most valuable contribution-his empirically derived method for observing and classifying drugs by clinical testing D 40-80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral contraceptives. Why, then, have his works remained obscure in recent centuries? Because of one small oversight (Dioscorides himself thought it was self-evident): he failed to describe his method for organizing drugs by their affinities. This omission led medical authorities to use his materials as a guide to pharmacy while overlooking Dioscorides' most valuable contribution-his empirically derived method for observing and classifying drugs by clinical testing. Diosco



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