Who is the author of the "De Materia Medica", a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine?
Pedanius Dioscorides
Hippocrates from Kos
Pythagoras
Galenos
Pedanius Dioscorides (40 – 90 AD) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De Materia Medica - a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. He was employed as a physician in the Roman army.
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Pedanius Dioscorides
Hippocrates from Kos
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