Pedanius Dioscorides,Ancient Greek physician and botanist,studying plants while travelling with the Roman army. Dioscorides worked as a surgeon in the Roman army at the time of the Emperor Nero during the first century AD. He wrote a five-volume herbal,'De Materia Medica',in which he described various herbs and medicinal substances and their properties. The book was a precursor to all modern pharmacopeias. It was translated into Arabic and then back into Latin around 1000 AD,and remained in use until 1600 | |
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