Stories
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
Catalogue
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The Edinburgh new dispensatory: containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, the natural, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions / including complete and accurate translations of the octavo edition of the London pharmacopoeia, published in 1791; Dublin pharmacopoeia, published in 1794; and of the new edition of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, published in 1803. etc. By Andrew Duncan, Jun.
Lewis, William, 1708-1781.Date: [1805]- Archives and manuscripts
Fordyce, George (1736-1802)
Fordyce, George, 1736-1802.Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.2395- Books
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The Edinburgh new dispensatory : Containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the latest editions of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias / by Andrew Duncan.
Duncan Andrew, 1773-1832.Date: 1813- Books
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Elementi di farmacopea omiopatica estratti dalla materia medica di Hahnemann e dagli archivi della medicina omiopatica da Niccolo Vincenzo la Raja ... : coll' aggiunta di un indice comparativo dei fenomeni prodotti nell'uomo sano dalle sostanze terapeutiche , con quelli di alcune malattie naturali , per agevolare l'esercizio della Clinica Omiopatica.
La Raja, Niccolò Vincenzo.Date: 1829- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2']
Date: Nov 1896 - Jan 1899Reference: WF/E/01/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd