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Packing Techniques and Political Obedience as Scientific Issues: 18th-Century Medicinal Balsams, Gums and Resins from the Indies to Madrid (2012)

HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Volume: 5
Pages: Approx. 8247 words
Publication date: 2012
Language: English

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, ““Moved” Natural Objects---“Spaces in Between.”” http://johost.eu/?oid=113&act=&area=6&ri=1&itid= (Accessed on August 19, 2012)

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Transportation Science and government Medicinal plants Spain, colonies 18th century Spain West Indies

This paper studies the administrative, legal and scientific instructions issued by the Spanish Ministry of the Indies during the 1780s to furnish the Royal Pharmacy in Madrid, especially it focuses on the transportation of medicinal vegetal products from the American colonies. Transporting such products was a challenging operation in which various colonial authorities were involved: what were the technical, scientific and political challenges faced by this scientific practice enforced by the central government? How did political power relations interrelate to obtain natural objects suitable for the Royal Pharmacy? The successive shipments of plants and the instructions regarding them highlight the problems triggered by the systematization of transportation of medicinal plants pursued by the Ministry of the Indies.

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Article Klemun, Marianne (2012) Introduction: “Moved” Natural Objects---“Spaces in Between”. HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology. unapi

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