10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THERIAC»
Discover the use of
theriac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
theriac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set
recipe for special pills superior to the panacea theriac for curing plague patients,
and it also was effective against apoplexy, epilepsy, paralysis, and tremor.
William of Marra maintained that cooking tempered potency of poisons:
Mushrooms ...
Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones, 2009
2
Hippocratic Lives and Legends
Jody Rubin Pinault. late second century, after A.D. 198, or in the first years of the
third century A.D.78 Hippocrates and his fire cure enter Theriac to Piso in
Chapter sixteen, a discussion of how galene, the multi-ingredient antidote, could
...
3
The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World
The new theriac truly deserved its name of galene, meaning "tranquility" (
unrelated to the name of Galen). It was, in effect, an addicting tranquilizer (Fig.
10.15).82 From then on galene became the theriac par excellence, known simply
as ...
4
Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific ...
"And these vipers are the foundation of theriac," affirmed Aldrovandi. Collecting
and dissecting them preceded their inclusion in theriac, the "royal antidote of
antidotes" first described by Galen and used in western Europe and the Islamic
world ...
5
The Medical Renaissance of the Sixteenth Century
The ambition - not to say the race - to produce a perfect theriac stimulated
pharmacists throughout Italy. Botanical interest came together here with hopes of
financial rewards in what was, for Venice especially, an important export market.
77 In ...
Andrew Wear, Roger Kenneth French, Iain M. Lonie, 1985
6
Antidotes: Principles and Clinical Applications
The theriac of Andromachus, also known as 'Venice treacle' or 'galene', is
probably the most famous theriac. Andromachus the elder (Archiater) (37–68 AD)
, physician to the Roman emperor Nero, added to the mithridatium ingredients
such as ...
Robert Flanagan, Alison Jones, Robert L Maynard, 2003
7
Canonical Medicine: Gentile Da Foligno and Scholasticism
make and use theriac on their patients as a reconstruction from the words of the
authorities. Guglielmo da Brescia was clearly making and using theriac and
others had experimented with it. Gentile reports of Jean of St Amand that he
made a ...
Roger Kenneth French, 2001
8
Arab Painting: Text and Image in Illustrated Arabic Manuscripts
The title's opening identifies the work as 'the book of the theriac of the eminent
physician-philosopher (akīm) Galen, drawn from the fundaments of the first
discourse of the book of Galen on electuaries, with the commentary of Yayā al-
Nawī the ...
9
Healers and Healing in Early Modern Italy
Therefore any efficacy it had must be due to the theriac contained in it. Orvietan's
success was just a flash in the pan, whereas theriac had been an approved
remedy for over eighteen centuries. Moreover, unlike orvietan, it was
methodically ...
10
Cultures of Natural History
For instance, countless people were involved in the search for the true theriac.
The medicinal compound 'theriac' (the word being derived from the Greek word
for a wild or venomous animal, and vernacularized in English as 'treacle') was ...
N. Jardine, J. A. Secord, E. C. Spary, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THERIAC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
theriac is used in the context of the following news items.
Farm Bureau Sponsors Olde Tyme Tractor Show
For more information, contact Judy Probst at (217) 538-2054, Arlen Kasten at (217) 341-8690, Jim Langheim at (217) 710-1514 or Andy Theriac at (217) ... «thejournal-news.net, Jul 15»
veEDIS Clinical Systems Implements its Cloud-Based 2014 Edition …
... with the expertise provided by their team, made this EMR implementation effortless, non-interruptive and an overall success,” says Gary Theriac, IT Director. «PR Web, Jun 15»
$45M in medical buildings bought in a singe day Lee
2270 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, for $24,755,000 from Theriac Enterprises of Colonial LLC. • 8991 Brighton Lane, Bonita Springs, for $5,740,000 from Bonita ... «The News-Press, May 15»
2 floors of office space go for $10.2 million
The seller was Theriac Enterprises of Bradenton LLC, which is a Fort Myers property investment company headed by Daniel E. Dosoretz, an oncologist who runs ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Apr 15»
Calaway, Loeffler-Kemp, two first years elected
Daswani, who campaigned in part with the use of video, won a total of 408 votes out of the 784 that were cast, while William Theriac '16 received 340. «Macalester College The Mac Weekly, Apr 15»
Guns on campus: Costly, dangerous and hypocritical
Yet as much as Theriac loves both college and firearms, he also believes mixing the two — as the Legislature wants to do by lifting a ban on campus guns — is ... «Orlando Sentinel, Mar 15»
The art of healing in Byzantium on display
His "theriac" (antidote) for Emperor Marcus Aurelius consisted of more than 70 ingredients, among them opium. His pharmacopoeia also covered cosmetics and ... «Daily Sabah, Feb 15»
QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT'S NEW WEIRD INGENUITY
All of these assessments are accurate, though none encompass the whole of Robert "Quintron" Rolston and Panacea "Miss Pussycat" Theriac. Quintron grew up ... «Folio Weekly, Dec 14»
Testimony begins in case against woman accused of killing 4-year-old
Also testifying Monday were emergency medical technician Lance Meisenheimer and now-retired Union County deputy Jack Theriac, who responded to the 911 ... «Southeast Missourian, Oct 14»
What CAM Courses At Universities Should Look Like
Of course, these days the crushed vipers that supposedly gave theriac or theriacle (as it was known) power are off the ingredient list, but treacle's fall from favour ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Sep 14»
