In the first century A.D., Dioscorides collected all the available information of his time about every animal, vegetable, mineral, and insect substance that could be used to treat human health problems. He published this information, which included...

40?-90? Greek Physician and Pharmacologist Dioscorides, the compiler of one of the first important Western herbals, is regarded as the founder of Western pharmacology. Dioscorides exemplifies the generalization that Roman medicine was usually carried...

Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκορίδης; ca. 40-ca. 90) was an ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist from Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, who practised in ancient Rome during the time of Nero. He had the...