De Materia Medica

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De Materia Medica is an influential 1st-century pharmacological treatise by Dioscorides that systematically catalogues medicinal plants, animals, and minerals used in ancient medicine.

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instanceOf ancient Greek work
medical text
pharmacological treatise
associatedWith Greek medicine
Roman Empire
author Dioscorides
circulatedForCenturies over 1500 years
compositionDate circa 50–70 CE
describes animal-derived remedies
mineral-based remedies
plant-based remedies
describesApproximateNumberOfDrugs about 600
describesApproximateNumberOfPlants about 500
field botany
history of medicine
pharmacognosy
genre scientific literature
geographicFocus Mediterranean region
linked to: Mediterranean Basin
hasGreekTitle Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς
linked to: On Ancient Medicine
hasLatinTitle De Materia Medica
hasLongTermImpact foundation of Western herbal tradition
includesInformationOn dosage
drug preparation
therapeutic uses
toxicology
influenced Byzantine medicine
Islamic medicine
Renaissance botany
medieval European medicine
mainSubject materia medica
medicinal animals
medicinal minerals
medicinal plants
pharmacology
manuscriptTradition extensive illustrated manuscripts
notableManuscript Vienna Dioscurides
numberOfBooks 5
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
publicationCentury 1st century
structure systematic catalogue of drugs
titleLanguage Latin
translatedInto Arabic
Hebrew
Latin
Syriac
various European vernaculars
usedAs standard reference work on drugs
wasAuthoritativeUntilCentury 17th century

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Roman medicine hasText De Materia Medica
De Materia Medica hasLatinTitle De Materia Medica
Dioscorides knownFor De Materia Medica
Dioscorides workAuthored De Materia Medica