2/2 [The Natural History Volume 6] - by Pliny the Elder – Full Audiobook

♡ Title : 2/2 [The Natural History Volume 6] - by Pliny the Elder

♡ Topics : librivox, audiobooks, nature, botany, remedies, ancient medicine

♡ Summary : Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The scheme of his great work is vast and comprehensive, being nothing short of an encyclopedia of learning and of art so far as they are connected with nature or draw their materials from nature. The work divides neatly into the organic world of plants and animals, and the realm of inorganic matter, although there are frequent digressions in each section. He is especially interested in not just describing the occurrence of plants, animals and insects, but also their exploitation (or abuse) by man, especially Romans. The description of metals and minerals is particularly detailed, and valuable for the history of science as being the most extensive compilation still available from the ancient world.

This sixth volume includes books twenty six to thirty, covering the following subjects:
Book 26 - The remedies derived from plants, according to the diseases
Book 27 - Description of plants and remedies derived from them
Books 28 to 30 - The remedies derived from living creatures - Summary by Leni

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11 11 - Book 28, Chapters 24 to 33. Remedies derived from foreign animals: the elephant; Ten remedies... - 45:37
12 12 - Book 28, Chapters 34 to 45. Twelve remedies derived from cheese; Twenty remedies derived from... - 28:07
13 13 - Book 28, Chapters 46 to 61. Remedies for diseases of the head; Remedies for affections of the... - 48:55
14 14 - Book 28, Chapters 62 to 81. Remedies for gout and for diseases of the feet; Remedies for... - 45:49
15 15 - Book 29, Chapters 1 to 10. The origin of the medical art; Particulars relative to Hippocrates.... - 30:59
16 16 - Book 29, Chapters 11 to 25. Twenty-two remedies derived from eggs; Remedies derived from the... - 32:33
17 17 - Book 29, Chapters 26 to 39. Remedies derived from other birds; Remedies derived from various... - 54:13
18 18 - Book 30, Chapters 1 to 12. The origin of the magic art; When and where the art of magic... - 34:55
19 19 - Book 30, Chapters 13 to 25. Remedies for diseases of the shoulders; Remedies for pains in the... - 34:51
20 20 - Book 30, Chapters 26 to 41. Remedies for paralysis; Remedies for epilepsy; Remedies for... - 34:01
21 21 - Book 30, Chapters 42 to 53. Methods of extracting foreign substances from the body; Remedies... - 25:02

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