On Simples, Attributed to Dioscorides

Introduction, Translation, Concordances
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51371-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 57, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

On Simples, a medicinal text of the first century A.D., is attributed in the manuscripts to the famous Dioscorides. In a remarkable piece of detective work, Professor Fitch establishes that its alphabetical sequences of medications, ignored by earlier scholars, are conclusive proof that the attribution cannot be correct. He also shows that these sequences provide evidence about the content of earlier, now lost, works, including perhaps the Rhizotomikon of Crateus.
This is the first English translation of On Simples. With its exhaustive concordances and indices, it will make the work accessible to readers interested in ancient medicine, and will facilitate future research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

G Fitch, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 The Nature of the Work

2 Title and Focus: On Simples or Euporista?

3 Sources and Compilation (1): An Alphabetical Source

4 Sources and Compilation (2): Additions to the Alphabetical Source

5 Relationship to Dioscorides

6 The Compiler

7 Date

8 Earlier Scholarship

9 Future Research

10 Identifications of Plants

11 This Translation

Weights and Measures

On Simples

Book 1: External Medicine

Preface

Head (1–28)

Eyes (29–53)

Ears (54–65)

Teeth and Gums (66–77)

Mouth and Throat (78–88)

Hair (89–98)

Skin of Head and Body (99–124)

Breasts (125–131)

Testicles (132–134)

Swellings and Tumours (135–153)

Wounds (154–159)

Skin Conditions (160–170)

Lesions (171–197)

Haemorrhages (198–201)

Anus (202–217)

Sinews and Joints (218–235)

Book 2: Internal Medicine

Preface

Stomach and Abdomen (1–17)

Fevers (18–28)

Lungs and Chest (29–41)

Intestines (42–57)

Gall-Bladder, Liver and Spleen (58–66)

Parasitic Worms (68–70)

Reproductive Organs (71–105)

Kidneys and Bladder (106–119)

Poisonous Bites and Stings (120–138)

Other Poisons (Chiefly Ingested) (139–168)

Envoi

Concordances, Appendices, Indices

Concordance of Medications 1: English—Greek

Concordance of Medications 2: Greek—English

Appendix 1: Divergences from Wellmann’s Greek Text

Appendix 2: Textual Notes

Appendix 3: Alphabetical Sequences

Bibliography

Index of Ailments and Body Parts

Index of Medications

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

John G. Fitch, Ph.D. (Cornell 1974), is Professor Emeritus of the University of Victoria. He has published monographs, translations and articles on Greco-Roman literature, with a special interest in Senecan drama. His books include Annaeana Tragica (Brill 2004).