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).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 45-77
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 45-77 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pliny [Gaius Plinius Secundus]
- With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74015292
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works