Graeme Tobyn
Biographic Data
| ID | 10135769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graeme Tobyn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graeme |
| FAMILY NAME | Tobyn |
| SIGNATURE | TOBYN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1415-9421 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contested Medical Knowledge
England's first pharmacopoeia hid from the untrained knowledge of the medicines physicians prescribed in its Latin text. In the absence of censorship during the interregnum, Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) translated it for all to read and appended a commentary pointing out worthless or dangerous remedies to his untrained readers and poor instructions to apothecaries for compounding others. Meanwhile College Fellows were preparing a new updated edi…
How England first managed a national infection crisis
The current COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the UK have parallels with the first ever national management of epidemic infection in England, the Plague Orders of 1578. Combining historical research of the Tudor and Stuart periods with information sources and broadcast news as the epidemic in England unfolds in real time during lockdown, the areas of official guidance, epidemiology, social distancing and quarantine, financing measures, the nation…
The Western herbal tradition
This book provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of the use of plant medicines through 2000 years of history from Dioscorides to the present day. It follows each of the 27 herbs through a wide range of key sources from European, Arabic and American traditions including greek, Roman and Renaissance texts. A rich discussion of the historical texts is balanced with current application and research. --from back cover.
A note on Goethe
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The Western herbal tradition
This book provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of the use of plant medicines through 2000 years of history from Dioscorides to the present day. It follows each of the 27 herbs through a wide range of key sources from European, Arabic and American traditions including greek, Roman and Renaissance texts. A rich discussion of the historical texts is balanced with current application and research. --from back cover.
A note on Goethe
How England first managed a national infection crisis
The current COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the UK have parallels with the first ever national management of epidemic infection in England, the Plague Orders of 1578. Combining historical research of the Tudor and Stuart periods with information sources and broadcast news as the epidemic in England unfolds in real time during lockdown, the areas of official guidance, epidemiology, social distancing and quarantine, financing measures, the nation…
Contested Medical Knowledge
England's first pharmacopoeia hid from the untrained knowledge of the medicines physicians prescribed in its Latin text. In the absence of censorship during the interregnum, Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) translated it for all to read and appended a commentary pointing out worthless or dangerous remedies to his untrained readers and poor instructions to apothecaries for compounding others. Meanwhile College Fellows were preparing a new updated edi…
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