Medieval Herbal Remedies

This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each, and remedies that were compounded using them, the translation will fascinate medievalist, medical historians and the layman alike.

Aceasta carte prezinta pentru prima data o traducere actualizata si usor de citit a unei lucrari de referinta medicala care a fost folosita in Europa de Vest din secolul al V-lea pana in Renastere. Enumerand 185 de plante medicinale, utilizarile pentru fiecare si remedii care au fost combinate folosindu-le, traducerea va fascina medievalistul, istoricii medicali si laicul deopotriva.