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Plants and Sexuality throughout Human History
From the earliest times, the medicinal properties of certain herbs were connected with deities, particularly goddesses. Only now with modern scientifi...
A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West
In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John M. Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women ...
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This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the anc...
Covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period....
Studies in the History of Drugs
All too often ancient herbal and other remedies have been dismissed as 'simply' folklore, of no relevance to medical science. John Riddle's approach, ...
Considered as a Medical Treatise with Text, Commentary, and C. W. King's Translation, Together with Text and Translation of Marbode's Minor Works on Stones