The
following publication constitutes a continuation of a longstanding
research conducted by both authors on nourishment, dietetics,
pharmacology and gastronomy in the Late Antiquity and early Byzantium.
The book was created based primarily on Greek medical treatises composed
from the 1st to 7th century, but it takes into account data that
originates outside of this collection. The goal of the authors was to
present the knowledge of the people in antiquity and Byzantium on milk
and dairy products. To achieve that they attempted to translate into
contemporary language the way of thinking of then doctors, and to
present main points of the theory propagated by them. In particular, the
authors have shown ways of utilizing aforementioned alimentary products
as food and medicine. Thus, they consciously encroach the area of
history of pharmacology and gastronomy. Even though the nature of their
research led the authors to focus on conclusions in the field of the
history of food and medicine, they also take up the issues related to
society and economy of this period.
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