De Materia Medica

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De Materia Medica is an influential 1st-century pharmacological treatise by Dioscorides that systematically catalogues medicinal plants, animals, and minerals used in ancient medicine.

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De Materia Medica canonical 4

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instanceOf ancient Greek work ⓘ
medical text ⓘ
pharmacological treatise ⓘ
associatedWith Greek medicine ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
author Dioscorides ⓘ
circulatedForCenturies over 1500 years ⓘ
compositionDate circa 50–70 CE ⓘ
describes animal-derived remedies ⓘ
mineral-based remedies ⓘ
plant-based remedies ⓘ
describesApproximateNumberOfDrugs about 600 ⓘ
describesApproximateNumberOfPlants about 500 ⓘ
field botany ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ
pharmacognosy ⓘ
genre scientific literature ⓘ
geographicFocus Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin
hasGreekTitle Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς ⓘ
linked to: On Ancient Medicine
hasLatinTitle De Materia Medica ⓘ
hasLongTermImpact foundation of Western herbal tradition ⓘ
includesInformationOn dosage ⓘ
drug preparation ⓘ
therapeutic uses ⓘ
toxicology ⓘ
influenced Byzantine medicine ⓘ
Islamic medicine ⓘ
Renaissance botany ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
mainSubject materia medica ⓘ
medicinal animals ⓘ
medicinal minerals ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
manuscriptTradition extensive illustrated manuscripts ⓘ
notableManuscript Vienna Dioscurides ⓘ
numberOfBooks 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
publicationCentury 1st century ⓘ
structure systematic catalogue of drugs ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
translatedInto Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
various European vernaculars ⓘ
usedAs standard reference work on drugs ⓘ
wasAuthoritativeUntilCentury 17th century ⓘ

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Roman medicine → hasText → De Materia Medica ⓘ
De Materia Medica → hasLatinTitle → De Materia Medica ⓘ
Dioscorides → knownFor → De Materia Medica ⓘ
Dioscorides → workAuthored → De Materia Medica ⓘ