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FC Half title Title Contents List of Figures and Tables Notice to Readers Acknowledgements List of Contributors Foreword 1 The Fragmentation of Herbal History: The Way Forward

Anne Stobart and Susan Francia

Part 1 Revisiting Original Texts: Comparative Textual Analysis and New Perspectives on Original Sources

Introduction

Susan Francia and Anne Stobart

2 Early Greek Medicine: Evidence of Models, Methods and materia medica

Vicki Pitman

3 Evaluating the Content of Medieval Herbals

Anne Van Arsdall

4 Early-modern Midwifery Manuals and Herbal Practice

Elaine Hobby

5 An Anatomy of The English Physitian

Graeme Tobyn

Part 2 Using Archival Sources: Extending the Evidence Available

Introduction

Susan Francia and Anne Stobart

6 The Use of Trade Accounts to Uncover the Importance of Cumin as a Medicinal Plant in Medieval England

Susan Francia

7 Early Modern Childbirth and Herbs – The Challenge of Finding the Sources

Nicky Wesson

8 Testamentary Records of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries as a Source for the History of Herbal Medicine in England

Richard Aspin

Part 3 Focusing on One Individual: Biographical and Other Textual Sources

Introduction

Susan Francia and Anne Stobart

9 Galen’s Simple Medicines: Problems in Ancient Herbal Medicine

John Wilkins

10 Deciphering Dioscorides: Mountains and Molehills?

Alison Denham and Midge Whitelegg

11 William Turner: A Milestone in Botanical Medicine

Marie Addyman

12 John Parkinson: Gardener and Apothecary of London

Jill Francis

Part 4 The Multi-disciplinary Nature of the History of Herbal Medicine, and Contributions from Archaeology and Ethnobotany

Introduction

Susan Francia and Anne Stobart

13 Archaeological Sources for the History of Herbal Medicine Practice: The Case Study of St John’s Wort with Valerian at Soutra Medieval Hospital

Brian Moffat

14 How Can Ethnobotany Contribute to the History of Western Herbal Medicine? A Mesoamerican Answer

Anna Waldstein

15 Conclusion: The History of Herbal Medicine as a Developing Field

Anne Stobart and Susan Francia

Select Glossary Bibliography Index Copyright

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