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Compound remedies : Galenic pharmacy from the ancient Mediterranean to New Spain /

"Compound Remedies examines the equipment, books, and remedies of colonial Mexico City's Herrera pharmacy-natural substances with known healing powers that formed the basis for modern-day healing traditions and home remedies in Mexico. Paula De Vos traces the evolution of the Galenic pharm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Vos, Paula Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Simples and their powers in Galenic pharmacy
  • Election and correction : optimizing the powers of simples
  • Mixtion : compounding medicines in Galenic pharmacy
  • Galenic pharmacy and the materia medica of the Nahuas
  • The development of alchemical pharmacy and the chemico-Galenic compromise.