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Compound Remedies : Galenic Pharmacy from the Ancient Mediterranean to New Spain.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (404 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822987949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Compound RemediesDDC classification:
  • 615.10972
LOC classification:
  • RS67
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Simples and Their Powers in Galenic Pharmacy -- Chapter 2. Election and Correction: Optimizing the Powers of Simples -- Chapter 3. Mixtion: Compounding Medicines in Galenic Pharmacy -- Chapter 4. Galenic Pharmacy and the Materia Medica of the Nahuas -- Chapter 5. The Development of Alchemical Pharmacy and the Chemico-Galenic Compromise -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Archival Sources for Data Collection -- Appendix 2. Textual Tradition of Galenic Pharmacy -- Appendix 3. Data Establishing the Significance of Mesue's Works in Galenic Pharmacy -- Appendix 4. Herrera Pharmacy Inventory: Abridged and Translated -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A Unique History of the Galenic Pharmaceutical Tradition in New Spain.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Simples and Their Powers in Galenic Pharmacy -- Chapter 2. Election and Correction: Optimizing the Powers of Simples -- Chapter 3. Mixtion: Compounding Medicines in Galenic Pharmacy -- Chapter 4. Galenic Pharmacy and the Materia Medica of the Nahuas -- Chapter 5. The Development of Alchemical Pharmacy and the Chemico-Galenic Compromise -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Archival Sources for Data Collection -- Appendix 2. Textual Tradition of Galenic Pharmacy -- Appendix 3. Data Establishing the Significance of Mesue's Works in Galenic Pharmacy -- Appendix 4. Herrera Pharmacy Inventory: Abridged and Translated -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A Unique History of the Galenic Pharmaceutical Tradition in New Spain.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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