TY - BOOK ID - 2955198 TI - The elder Pliny on the human animal : Natural history, book 7 AU - Plinius Secundus, Caius AU - Beagon, Mary PY - 2005 VL - *1 SN - 0198150652 019927701X PB - Oxford : Clarendon press, DB - UniCat KW - Geneeskunde [Griekse ] KW - Geneeskunde [Griekse en Romeinse ] KW - Geneeskunde [Romeinse ] KW - Greek and Roman medicine KW - Griekse en Romeinse geneeskunde KW - Medicine [Greek ] KW - Medicine [Greek and Roman ] KW - Medicine [Roman ] KW - Médecine grecque KW - Médecine grecque et romaine KW - Médecine romaine KW - Natural history KW - Medicine, Greek and Roman. KW - Sciences naturelles KW - Pre-Linnean works KW - Ouvrages prélinnéens KW - Human physiology KW - Médecine grecque et romaine KW - Ouvrages prélinnéens KW - Medicine, Greek and Roman KW - Greek medicine KW - Medicine, Roman KW - Medicine, Unani KW - Roman medicine KW - Tibb (Medicine) KW - Unani medicine KW - Unani-Tibb (Medicine) KW - Medicine, Ancient KW - Human biology KW - Medical sciences KW - Physiology KW - Human body KW - Early works to 1800 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2955198 AB - As a detailed study of the human animal, described by its author as the raison d'etre of nature, Book Seven of the elder Pliny's Natural History is crucial to the understanding of the work as a whole. In addition, however, it provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs current in Pliny's era, many of which have resonances for other eras and cultures. The present study includes a substantial introduction examining the background to Pliny's life, thought, and writing, together with a modern English translation, and a detailed commentary which emphasizes the importance of Book Seven as possibly the most fascinating cultural record surviving from early imperial Rome. ER -