Ebook: The alphabet of Galen: pharmacy from antiquity to the middle ages: a critical edition of the Latin text with English translation and commentary

1. Introduction to the Alphabet of Galen -- A. Introduction -- B. Character of the AG and Its Date of Composition -- C. History of the AG -- D. Prologue and Epilogue -- E. Liber de dynamidiis -- F. Road through Ravenna? -- G. Self-Medicating in Late Antiquity -- H. Evaluating the AG's Pharmacy -- I. Evaluating the AG's Botany -- J. Conclusion -- 2. Pharmacology -- A. Introduction -- B. Natural Products and Pharmacy -- C. Sensory Perception -- D. Drug 'Properties' -- E. t Four Main Properties, Implicit Theory, and Greek Cosmology -- F. Uis vs uirtus -- G. Humour, Bile, and Phlegm -- H. Explicit Theorizing in the AG -- I. 'Doctrine of Signatures' and the Absence of Magic in the AG -- J. Non-Medical Uses -- K. Conclusion -- 3. Sources Compared and Lost -- A. Introduction -- B. Dioscorides -- C. Pliny -- D. Sextius Niger: The Possibility -- E. Other Lost Sources BC to AD -- F. Two Linguistic Echoes: The Diaeta Theodori and Ps. Apuleius -- G. Conclusion -- H. Comparanda: An apparatus comparationum -- 4. Language, Latinity, and Translation -- A. Introduction: Language and Dating the AG -- B. Grammar -- C. Vocabulary -- D. Uiscidus and uiscide -- E. -aster / -astrum Suffix -- F. Greek in the AG -- G. Conclusion -- H. Difficulties of Terminology and Translation -- I. Neologisms and Rare Words -- 5. Manuscripts -- A. Overview and Editorial Principles -- B. Variants -- C. Manuscripts -- D. Editio princeps -- Alphabetum Galieni (Latin Text) / The Alphabet of Galen (English translation) -- A. Plants and Plant Products -- B. Minerals and Mineral Products -- C. Animals and Animal Products -- D. Places and Place-Names -- E. Medical -- F. General -- G. Interesting or Rare Words (see also ch. 4.I.).;With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history.