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Name: Pedanius Dioscorides
Birth Date: 40
Death Date: c. 90
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male
Occupations: physician, pharmacologist

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Biography of Pedanius Dioscorides
569 words, approx. 2 pages
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...


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Pedanius Dioscorides Summary
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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...
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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...


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Kew Bulletin
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica
01/01/2001: 558 words, approx. 2 pages
T. A. Osbaldson & R. P. A. Wood. Dioscorides, De Materia Medica. A new indexed version in modern English. Pp. 927, numerous black & white illustrations. South Africa: Ibidis Press, P.O. Box 81169 Parkhurst, Johannesberg 2120, 2000. Price 150. ISBN 0-62023435 (hardback). Pedanios...


 

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