Saturday, May 14, 2011

Fourth Post

A.D. 77-
I have just published my first book, Historia Naturalis. (Natural History)

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  1. Ch 1: Preface and tables of contents, lists of authorities
    Ch 2: Mathematical and physical description of the world
    Ch 3-6: Geography and ethnography
    Ch 7: Anthropology and human physiology
    Ch 8-11: Zoology
    Ch 12-27: Botany, including agriculture, horticulture and pharmacology
    Ch 28-32: Pharmacology
    Ch 33-37: Mining and mineralogy, especially in its application to life and art, including: gold, casting in silver, statuary in, bronze, painting, modelling, sculpture in marble, precious stones and gems

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  2. Gaius I write many books myself, and just by reading the little information you have listed tells me you are a very skilled writer and your very bright.
    Now does "pharmacology" have to do with medicine?

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  3. You are? Well then, next time I go to the store I'll have to buy one of your books! I can't wait to read it! And yes my dearest friend, pharmacology is about medicine. To be more specific, those chapters have to do with medicines and cures I've come up with using different types of plant and trees.

    Bostock, John. "Pliny the Elder, The Natural History." Perseus, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+toc&redirect=true, 18 May 2011.

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