book chapter

Natural history in ten volumes: Volume VI. Libri XX-XXIII

Harvard University Press ; William HeinemannCambridge • Published In 1969 • Pages: i-xxvi, 1-157, 212-223, 293-532

By: Pliny, the Elder, Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel).

Abstract
This document is an exhaustive cataloguing of the medicinal uses to which plants had been put. Plinys sources were mainly Greek and Roman, and the information is not limited to Roman ethnobotany.
culture
Imperial Romans
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Southern Europe
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Types
Government Official
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1977-1978
Field Date
ca. 45-77
Coverage Date
ca. 45-77 A.D.
Coverage Place
Rome, Italy
Notes
Pliny [Gaius Plinius Secundus]
PHARMACEUTICALS (278) has been used for discussions of the medicinal uses of plants, and researchers interested in treatments for diseases and bodily injuries, preventive medicine, and the effects plants were presumed to have on the human body should consult PHARMACEUTICALS (278). Footnotes that did not add substantial information were not indexed. Footnotes may be found in LITERARY TEXTS (539) on the page preceding the page of the text
With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones
Includes bibliographical references
Only pages i-xxvi, 1-157, 212-223, and 293-532re included
LCCN
74015292
LCSH
Natural history--Pre-Linnean works