The study of botany has traditionally been ancillary to medical
knowledge. Yet, several issues arise while an autonomous discipline
of plants develop in the early modern time. This volume aims to
discuss a few of these aspects of the relationship between the
study of plants and medicine in the early modern time (from the
late 15th century to the 18th century). Dealing with the
methodologies of transmitting botanical knowledge, the practices
with plants, and the attempts to reinforce or rebuke medical
traditions, the contributions to this volume focus on the material
study of plants in the period of the scientific revolution. The
authors focus on the study of herbaria, on manuscripts and materia
medica, on the reception of ancient texts, such as Dioscorides' or
Pliny's natural history, on the trajectories of exotic plants and
the attempts to accommodate them within Galenic system, on the
experimentation with plants in anatomical medicine or in the
development of new pharmacology. The volume, intented for scholars
in early modern history of science, medicine, botany, and also
intellectual and material history, will be an important addition in
the scholarship.
General
Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Series: |
Medical Traditions |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Editors: |
Fabrizio Baldassarri
|
Dimensions: |
240 x 170mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
300 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-073966-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-11-073966-6 |
Barcode: |
9783110739664 |
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