book chapter
Natural history in ten volumes: Volume VII. Libri XXIV-XXVII
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1966 • Pages: 14, 558
By: Pliny, the Elder, Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel).
Abstract
This is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedic treatment of the medicinal uses of plants, begun in volume VI (15: Pliny this field). Book XXIV is concerned with the medicinal uses of trees and their products; Book XXV with plants used specifically for medicine; Book XXVI with specific classes of diseases and their remedies; and Book XXVII is concerned with medicinal uses of herbs. The volume concludes with an index of plants and a list of diseases.
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1977
- Field Date
- ca. 45-77
- Coverage Date
- ca. 45-77 A.D.
- Coverage Place
- Rome, Italy
- Notes
- Pliny [Gaius Plinius Secundus]
- With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 74015292
- LCSH
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works