Critical approaches to the history of Western herbal medicine: from classical antiquity to the early modern period

Foreword - Elizabeth Williamson1. The Fragmentation of Herbal History: The Way Forward - Anne Stobart (Middlesex University, UK) and Susan Francia (independent scholar)Section IIntroduction to Section 1: Revisiting the Traditional Texts: Comparative Textual Analysis and New Perspectives on Original Sources - Anne Stobart and Susan Francia2. Early Greek Medicine: Evidence of Models, Methods and Materia medica - Vicki Pitman (independent scholar)3. Evaluating the Content of Medieval Herbals - Anne Van Arsdall (University of New Mexico, USA)4. Early-modern Midwifery Manuals and Herbal Practice - Elaine Hobby (Loughborough University, UK)5. An Anatomy of The English Physitian - Graeme Tobyn (University of Central Lancashire, UK)Section IIIntroduction to Section 2: Using New Archival Sources: Extending the Evidence Available - Susan Francia and Anne Stobart6. The Use of Trade Accounts to Uncover the Importance of Cumin as a Medicinal Plant in Medieval England - Susan Francia7. Early Modern Childbirth and Herbs - The Challenge of Finding the Sources - Nicky Wesson (independent scholar)8. Testamentary Records of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries as a Source for the History of Herbal Medicine in England - Richard Aspin (Wellcome Library, UK)Section IIIIntroduction to Section 3: Focusing on One Individual: Biographical and Other Textual Sources - Susan Francia and Anne Stobart9. Galen\'s Simple Medicines: Problems in Ancient Herbal Medicine - John Wilkins (University of Exeter, UK)10. Deciphering Dioscorides: Mountains and Molehills? - Alison Denham (University of Central Lancashire, UK) and Midge Whitelegg (formerly University of Central Lancashire, UK)11. William Turner - A Milestone in Botanical Medicine - Marie Addyman (independent scholar)12. John Parkinson: Gardener and Apothecary of London - Jill Francis (University of Birmingham, UK)Section IVIntroduction to Section 4: Contributions from Other Disciplines - Susan Francia and Anne Stobart13. Archaeological Sources for the History of Herbal Medicine Practice: The Case Study of St John\'s Wort with Valerian at Soutra Medieval Hospital - Brian Moffat (Soutra Hospital Archaeoethnopharmacological Research Project, Scotland)14. How Can Ethnobotany Contribute to the History of Western Herbal Medicine? A Mesoamerican Answer - Anna Waldstein (University of Kent, UK)15. The History of Herbal Medicine as a Developing Field - Anne Stobart and Susan FranciaGlossary Bibliography Index