TY - BOOK ID - 77874000 TI - The elder Pliny on the human animal : Natural history, book 7 AU - Pliny AU - Beagon, Mary. PY - 2005 SN - 0191838241 1281346489 9786611346485 0191518352 9780191518355 9780198150657 0198150652 9780199277018 019927701X 9780191838248 019927701X 0198150652 PB - Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Human physiology 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 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77874000 AB - Pliny the Elder's fascination with the world around him resulted in his death in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, but his Natural History was to remain influential for centuries after his death. Central to Pliny's thought was the relationship between man and nature, highlighted in his study of the human race in Book 7, where he ponders topics as diverse as monstrous races, sex changes, breech births and near-death experiences. This volume provides the first detailed. commentary on this key book, together with a translation and introduction, and highlights its interest and importance as a cul ER -