Dioscorides
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Dioscorides was a 1st-century Greek physician and pharmacologist best known for his influential herbal compendium "De Materia Medica," which shaped medical and botanical knowledge in the Roman world and beyond.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek person
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author ⓘ botanist ⓘ pharmacologist ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| classificationActivity | systematic description of plants and drugs ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| describedApproximateNumberOfDrugs | about 600 plants, animals, and minerals ⓘ |
| era | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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medicine ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 1st century ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | standard reference on medicinal plants for over 1,500 years ⓘ |
| influenced |
Galen
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Renaissance botany ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ pharmacopoeias of Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
De Materia Medica
NERFINISHED
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herbal medicine ⓘ pharmacological writings ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | foundation of premodern pharmacology ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach | empirical observation of drugs ⓘ |
| name | Pedanius Dioscorides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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medical writer ⓘ pharmacologist ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization |
materia medica
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medicinal plants ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Byzantine manuscript illuminations
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Vienna Dioscurides manuscript NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Byzantine physicians
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Islamic Golden Age scholars NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval European physicians ⓘ physicians in the Roman world ⓘ |
| workAuthored |
De Materia Medica
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On Medical Materials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre |
herbal
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pharmacological treatise ⓘ |
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