Book

Useful plants and drugs of Iran and Iraq

[s.n.]IX (3)Published In 1937 • Pages: 69-241

By: Hooper, David, Field, Henry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book contains a description of the economically useful plants of Iran and Iraq with both the Latin and the native names given. The specimens described are located in several collections, designated for each plant. The book also contains descriptions of animal and mineral products used in material medica of Iran and Iraq, and a list of Iranian prescriptions for various ailments discuss handling of material û e.g. most pages Xeroxed for Iraq as well as Iran.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Pharmaceuticals
Ethnobotany
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Iran
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Elizabeth Young ; 1955
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1929-1934
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Iran and Iraq
NotesAdditional notes
by David Hooper. With notes by Henry Field
'Some prescriptions from Isfahan, Iran': p. 200-216
'Alphabetical list of native names with Latin equivalents': p. 217-241
'Abbreviations and publication references' : p. 77-78
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38004074
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iranians