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Making medicines in early colonial Lima, Peru : apothecaries, science and society /

"Based on extensive archival research in Peru, Spain, and Italy, Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru examines how apothecaries in Lima were trained, ran their businesses, traded medicinal products, prepared medicines, and found their place in society. In the book, Newson argues that a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newson, Linda A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Colección:Atlantic World Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medicines : empire, science and society
  • Learning to make medicines
  • The medicines business
  • Trading medicines and materia medica
  • Selecting materia medica
  • Making medicines
  • The social world of apothecaries
  • Persistent practices
  • Appendix A: Books shipped from Spain by the apothecary Juan Sanchez in 1591
  • Appendix B: List of materia medica found in pharmacies in Spain and Lima
  • Appendix C: Books shipped from Spain to Doctor Melchor de Amusco in nombre de Dios, 1584
  • Glossary.