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1. 

   Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine

   Av John M. Riddle

   Häftad, 1986

   371 kr

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   For 1,600 years Dioscorides (ca. AD 40–80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral …

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   Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance

   Av John M. Riddle

   Häftad, 1994

   305 kr

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   John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century with forays into Victorian England—a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians.Riddle’s thesis is, quite simply, that the ancient world did indeed possess …

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   Eve’s Herbs

   A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West

   Av John M. Riddle

   Häftad, 1999

   357 kr

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   In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John M. Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate …

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   Quid pro quo

   Studies in the History of Drugs

   Av John M. Riddle

   Inbunden, 1992

   786 kr

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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 …

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   Quid pro quo

   Studies in the History of Drugs

   Av John M. Riddle

   E-bok, 2024

   696 kr

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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 …

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   History of the Middle Ages, 300–1500

   Av John M. Riddle

   Häftad, 2016

   1098 kr

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   This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events—both natural and human—that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective, …