On Medical Matters
De Materia Medica Libri Quinque, Vol. I (Sprengel edition)
First from Latin
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work 'De Materia Medica' by Dioscorides was originally written in Greek. While several English translations of the Greek text exist (such as those by Lily Y. Beck and T.A. Osbaldeston), the 1829 edition by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel is a critical edition of the Greek text with Latin commentary/translation. No English translation of this specific Latin-commentary edition exists. Therefore, this is a first translation from this specific source text.
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Dioscorides turns the wild, dangerous world of nature into a precise science of healing. You will learn how to identify, test, and prepare everything from mountain herbs to metallic minerals while avoiding the traps of ancient fraud.
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