Rhubarb : The Wondrous Drug /

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An Asian plant with mysterious cathartic powers, medicinal rhubarb spurred European trade expeditions and obsessive scientific inquiry from the Renaissance until the twentieth century. Rarely, however, had there been a plant that so thoroughly frustrated Europeans' efforts to acquire it and to...

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Autor principal: Foust, Clifford M., 1928- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rhubarb > Therapeutic use.
Rhubarb.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
MEDICAL > History.
Rhubarbe > Histoire.
Rhubarbe > Emploi en therapeutique.
Rhubarb > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Roots of Rhubarb
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Very True Rhubarb: The Seventeenth Century
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Russian Rhubarb Trade
  • CHAPTER FOUR. The East India Company and European Trade
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Collecting and Systematizing
  • CHAPTER SIX. Accommodating the Root: The Society of Arts and Other Promotions
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Rhubarb as Medicine: The Eighteenth Century
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. The Search Ends?
  • CHAPTER NINE. The Testing of Rhubarb
  • CHAPTER TEN. Tarts and Wine
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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