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Main description:
What did you do when you fell ill in fifteenth-century Florence? How did you get the medicines that you needed at a price you could afford? What would you find when you entered an apothecary's shop? This richly detailed study of the Speziale al Giglio in Florence provides surprising answers, demonstrating the continued importance of highly personalised medical practice late into the fifteenth century.
Contents:
List of Images
List of Tables
List of Charts
Abbreviations
Glossary
Currencies, Weights and Measures
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Selling Health
The Shop and the City
Keeping Shop
Customers and Credit
People and their Purchases
Recovering Debts
Products
Wax
Sugar and Spices
Medicines
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
Publication date: January, 2011
Pages: 364
Weight: 753g
Availability: Contact supplier
Subcategories: General Issues