{"product_id":"the-alphabet-of-galen-pharmacy-from-antiquity-to-the-middle-ages-9780802098122","title":"The Alphabet of Galen: Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicholas Everett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alphabet of Galen\u003c\/em\u003e is a critical edition and English translation of a text \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edescribing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products - including \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emetals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs - and their medicinal uses. A Latin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etranslation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eamong collections of 'authorities' on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoranus, and Ps. Apuleius.\u003cp\u003e This work presents interesting linguistic features, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eincluding otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edescriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003escience and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand a contextual introduction, \u003cem\u003eThe Alphabet of Galen\u003c\/em\u003e is a major resource for \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eunderstanding the richness and diversity of medical history.","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47780746657943,"sku":"9780802098122","price":12958.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802098122.webp?v=1778047848","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-alphabet-of-galen-pharmacy-from-antiquity-to-the-middle-ages-9780802098122","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}