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Dioscorides and the Birth of Pharmacology: Ancient Texts in Focus

Introduction The foundations of pharmacology and herbal medicine owe much to the work of Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek physician and botanist of the 1st century CE. His monumental text, De Materia Medica, became the cornerstone of medical and botanical knowledge for more than 1,500 years. Unlike many ancient writings that were lost or fragmented, Dioscorides’ […]

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