Crocologia--a detailed study of saffron, the king of plants /
"In Crocologia--A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants, Sally Francis and Maria Teresa Ramandi present the first translation into English of Johann Ferdinand Hertodt's seminal 1671 work Crocologia, a book uniquely devoted to the medical uses of saffron. Hertodt discusses saffron&#...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2020
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| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 319. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 22. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "In Crocologia--A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants, Sally Francis and Maria Teresa Ramandi present the first translation into English of Johann Ferdinand Hertodt's seminal 1671 work Crocologia, a book uniquely devoted to the medical uses of saffron. Hertodt discusses saffron's origin, related species, cultivation, selection, properties and lists all its pharmaceutical preparations. Hertodt then journeys through diseases of the human body, presenting saffron-containing formulae for their treatment. The two authors complement the translation with a biography of Hertodt, and detail saffron's botany, current production, uses, its changing reputation as a drug, and review findings from new medical research. There is a full Glossary, and translation of a contemporary approbation of Crocologia by Hertodt's rival, Wenzel Maximilian Ardensbach"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 323 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004435298 9789004435292 |
| ISSN: | 0920-8607 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2021). |
