Scnm botanical medicine - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Greek physician, botanist, pharmacologist. Surgeon for Roman army. - Dioscorides (40-90 A.D.) Wrote de Materia Medica (5 vol. book) : - Dioscorides Materia Medica - Compilation of all known plant knowledge and related substance. Highly influential and long-lived writings; systemic organization. Writings based on observation. Referenced for more than 1,600 years. Refuted humeral theory. -Greek physician, surgeon, philosopher. -Adopted concepts of 4 humors and energetics (hot/cold; damp/d...