Wino i zdrowie w medycznym traktacie Dioskoridesa

• Authors: Ewelina Horoszko

Title variants

EN

Wine and health in medical work by Dioscorides

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Botanical-medical work by Dioscorides, whose Latin version titled De materia medica was known in Medieval Europe, belonged to the canon of knowledge about nature for several centuries. It was translated into many languages (inter alia, Syrian, Arabic, Turkish, French, German, English). The subject of study presented in this article is a treaty on wine, which is a fragment of the 5th Book of this work in the English translation: The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides. Englished by John Goodyer A. D. 1655. The analysis of this text shows Discorides’ views about properties of the influence on human organism of different preserves made from various parts of grapevine. Many of those views have been proven by today’s science; others can cause justified reservations, e.g. wine with added sea onion recommended by Dioscorides for digestive tract ailments.

Keywords

EN

Dioscorides; medicinal wines; medicinal products; De materia medica

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2(45)
• Pages: 159-166

Contributors

author

Ewelina Horoszko

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum Wydział Farmaceutyczny