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of plant anatomy, physiology, morphology and ecology -- presented in a way that would not be matched for another eighteen centuries.

Pedanius Dioscorides

A full synthesis of ancient Greek pharmacology was compiled in ''De'' ''Materia Medica'' c. 60 AD by Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40-90 AD) who was a Greek physician with the Roman army. This work proved to be the definitive text on medicinal herbs, both oriental and occidental, for fifteen

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