Book ID: CBB928387479

The Historical Apothecary Compendium: A Guide to Terms and Symbols (2015)

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Daniel A. Goldstein (Author)


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Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 335 pages
Language: English

This comprehensive, illustrated handbook is intended for collectors of apothecary bottles and other pharmaceutical and medical paraphernalia, covering artifacts likely to appear in North America and the United Kingdom from early Colonial times through approximately 1920. The book contains by far the largest compendium of terms used on apothecary bottles and other wares, comprising over 10,000 entries. Introductory materials provide instructions for use of the compendium, a concise history of apothecary containers and labels, and definitions and discussions of archaic terms for apothecary processes, weights and measures, therapeutic actions, and disease states. Appendices cover apothecary Latin, alchemy and alchemical symbols, astrological symbols, bottle manufacturers, and botanical terms. Illustrations are provided for various types of bottles and containers, apothecary devices, and for nearly 300 botanical species.

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Review Michael A. Flannery (2017) Review of "The Historical Apothecary Compendium: A Guide to Terms and Symbols". Pharmacy in History (pp. 55-55). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Riva, Ernesto
Silva Filho, Wellington Bernardelli
Bond, Gregory T.
Cipriani, Sandra Marsini
Vannucci, Laura
Sean David Parrish
Concepts
Apothecaries
Pharmacy
Medicine
Therapeutics
Pharmacology
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
Renaissance
18th century
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Places
Italy
Florence (Italy)
United States
Republic of Liberia
Padua (Italy)
Portugal
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