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A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants / Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski ; plant port...

A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants...

A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants / Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski ; plant port...

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A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants / Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski ; plant portraits by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson Meyer ; photographs by Stanley A. Jashemski and others.

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A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants / Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski ; plant portraits by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson Meyer ; photographs by Stanley A. Jashemski and others.

Publisher

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999.

Date

1999.

Call Numbers

N615.321/137

Record Identifier

74VvoRaJ3ZQX

MMS ID

991013217699702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xiii, 107 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Contents

I. Introduction - Medicinal Plants: Then and Now -- II. Medicinal Plants at Pompeii: Then and Now. 1. Adiantum capillus-veneris L. - maiden-hair fern. 2. Alcea rosea L. - hollyhock. 3. Artemisia absinthium L. - common wormwood. 4. Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi - calamint savory. 5. Castanea sativa Mil...

21. Laurus nobilis L. - laurel, bay tree. 22. Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. - sweet alyssum. 23. Malus domestica Borkh. - apple. 24. Malva sylvestris L. - common mallow. 25. Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. - apple mint. 26. Myrtus communis L. - myrtle. 27. Parietaria officinalis L. - wall pellitory. 28. Pet...

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Publisher

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999.

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

Texas

Date Published

1999.

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Full title

A Pompeian herbal : ancient and modern medicinal plants / Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski ; plant portraits by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson Meyer ; photographs by Stanley A. Jashemski and others.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and indexes.

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Call Numbers

N615.321/137

Record Identifier

74VvoRaJ3ZQX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoRaJ3ZQX

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ISBN

0292740603 (pbk. :acid-free paper)

9780292740617 (acid-free paper)

0292740611 (acid-free paper)

9780292740600 (pbk. :acid-free paper)

DDC

615.32109377

MMS ID

991013217699702626

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