RIDDLE, John M. (1937 – )
1937 –
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
1985 CE
#8567
Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine.
1992 CE
#7043
Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance.
Riddle argued that the ancient world possessed effective and safe contraceptives and abortifacients; however this knowledge about fertility control, widely held in the ancient world, was gradually lost over the course…
1992 CE
#11942
Quid pro quo: Studies in the history of drugs.
"All too often ancient herbal and other remedies have been dismissed as ’simply’ folklore, of no relevance to medical science. John Riddle’s approach, however, has been to explore the history of drug…
1997 CE
#7722
Eve's herbs: A history of contraception and abortion in the West.
A history of the use of plant products, such as ergot, as abortion agents.