De Materia Medica

  • Dioscorides Pedanius

    ByОлена Коновалова

    Dioscorides Pedanius: “The last thing we shed before death is the garments of glory”. Dioscorides Pedanius (c. 40 AD – c. 90 AD). 50 years     An ancient Roman physician (of Greek origin), pharmacologist, and naturalist, one of the founders of pharmacognosy and botany.     He was born in Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor (modern-day Nazarva)….