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Quid pro quo - Studies in the History of Drugs (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Quid pro quo - Studies in the History of Drugs (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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All too often ancient herbal and other remedies have been dismissed
as 'simply' folklore, of no relevance to medical science. John
Riddle's approach, however, has been to explore the history of
drugs with the hypothesis that ancient and medieval medicines were
effective - a methodology that he expounds in the final essay
(hitherto unpublished). Indeed, he shows, both from detailed
case-studies and from the comparison of the listings given by
classical and medieval authorities with those in modern
pharmacopoeias, that our ancestors had discovered and made
effective use of many of the drugs used in medicine today, from
antiseptics and analgesics to oral contraceptives, even
chemotherapy for cancer. There is the suggestion, therefore, that
more careful examination and identification of the drugs used in
the past may reveal chemicals that can be exploited anew. Central
to these studies is the investigation of how a drug was used and
how knowledge about it was transmitted - and perhaps also distorted
in the process - from the Classical world through the Middle Ages.
Les anciens remedes, phytotherapie et autres, ont trop souvent ete
mis aux rangs du folklore et consideres comme n'ayant aucun rapport
avec la science medicale. L'approche de John Riddle, cependant, a
ete d'explorer l'histoire des drogues, en prenant pour hypothese
l'efficacite de la medecine ancienne et medievale - une
methodologie qu'il expose dans son dernier essai (jusqu'A present
jamais publie). En effet, il demontre A partir de cas d'etudes
detailles et de la comparaison etablie entre les listages fournis
par les autorites antiques et medievales et ceux des pharmacopees
modernes, que nos ancAtres avaient decouvert et mis A bon escient
l'utilisation de nombreux remedes dont se sert la medecine A
l'heure actuelle: des antiseptiques et analgesiques, aux
contraceptifs oraux et mAme jusqu'A la chimiotherapie pour le
cancer. Sugge
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