The Book of Medicines
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The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
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| The Book of Medicines canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6506207 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Medicines Context triple: [Linda Hogan, notableWork, The Book of Medicines]
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A.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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Le Livre de seyntz medicines
Le Livre de seyntz medicines is a 14th-century devotional and autobiographical treatise by Henry of Grosmont that uses the metaphor of spiritual illness and healing to explore sin, penance, and personal piety.
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C.
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada is a classical Islamic medical treatise focused on simple drugs and their therapeutic properties within the tradition of Greco-Arabic pharmacology.
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D.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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E.
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Medicines Target entity description: The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
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A.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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B.
Le Livre de seyntz medicines
Le Livre de seyntz medicines is a 14th-century devotional and autobiographical treatise by Henry of Grosmont that uses the metaphor of spiritual illness and healing to explore sin, penance, and personal piety.
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C.
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada is a classical Islamic medical treatise focused on simple drugs and their therapeutic properties within the tradition of Greco-Arabic pharmacology.
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D.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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E.
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Linda Hogan ⓘ |
| authorEthnicIdentity |
Chickasaw
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linked to:
Chickasaw people
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| authorGender | woman ⓘ |
| contributor | Linda Hogan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
land as a living presence
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the body as connected to place ⓘ |
| explores |
ceremony and ritual
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environmental degradation ⓘ intergenerational memory ⓘ resilience of Indigenous communities ⓘ the healing power of story ⓘ the sacredness of the earth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Indigenous knowledge systems
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healing from historical and personal wounds ⓘ relationships between humans and the natural world ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Indigenous
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environmentalist ⓘ feminist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Indigenous spirituality
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Native American identity ⓘ body as landscape ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ interconnection of humans and nature ⓘ land as medicine ⓘ memory ⓘ personal healing ⓘ relationship between land and body ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ trauma and recovery ⓘ |
| isPartOf | contemporary Native American poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Native American literature
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eco-poetry ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person lyric voice ⓘ |
| style |
imagistic
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meditative ⓘ spiritually reflective ⓘ |
| subject |
Native American spirituality
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environment and ecology ⓘ healing and medicine ⓘ land and place ⓘ |
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