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De Materia Medica
De Materia Medica
(
Latin
for "On
Medical Material
") is an
encyclopaedia
and
pharmacopoeia
of
herbs
and the
medicines
that can be obtained from them. The five-volume work describes many drugs known to be effective, including
aconite
,
aloes
,
colocynth
,
colchicum
,
henbane
,
opium
and
squill
. In all, about 600 plants are covered, along with some animals and mineral substances, and around 1000 medicines made from them.
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