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Dioscorides: De Materia Medica, being an herbal with many other medicinal materials, written in Greek in the first century of the common era. A new indexed version in Modern English by Tess Anne Osbaldeston and Robert P. A Wood.
![DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)](/media/portraits/2028)
Publication Details
Johannesburg: Ibidis Press, 2000 CE.
Rather than a new translation from the Greek, this is a updated and usefully indexed version, in modern English, of Goodyer's paraphrase from the 17th century. See No. 8564.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #8565 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/10742 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | dioscorides-de-materia-medica-being-an-herbal-with-many-other-medicinal-materials-written-in-greek-in-the-first-century-of-the-common-era- |
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Publication place: Johannesburg