• Professor Laurence Totelin: Botany and Pharmacology

  • Sep 13 2022
  • Length: 38 mins
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  • This week, we hear from Professor Laurence Totelin, who is a specialist in ancient pharmacology and botany at the University of Cardiff, Wales. She is an historian of Greek and Roman Science, Technology, and Medicine and has published wildly on of ancient pharmacology, gynecology, botany and sensory studies. She is currently working on the history of pharmacological retail; the history of plant grafting; and the history of ancient cosmetics and sexual aids, such as aphrodisiacs. With Dr. Patty Baker and Professor Helen King, she helped create a MOOC Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World.

    In this episode, Professor Totelin  speaks with us about ancient medicines, Greco-Roman classifications of pharmaceutical ingredients, and medical recipes. 
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