Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society by A. Newson, Linda

Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004350632)

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Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society by A. Newson, Linda

Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society

$158.00
Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society by A. Newson, Linda

Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru: Apothecaries, Science and Society

$158.00
Format: Hardcover
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Based on extensive archival research in Peru, Spain, and Italy, Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru examines how apothecaries in Lima were trained, ran their businesses, traded medicinal products, prepared medicines, and found their place in society. In the book, Newson argues that apothecaries had the potential to be innovators in science, especially in the New World where they encountered new environments and diverse healing traditions. However, it shows that despite experimental tendencies among some apothecaries, they generally adhered to traditional humoral practices and imported materia medica from Spain rather than adopt native plants or exploit the region's rich mineral resources. This adherence was not due to state regulation, but reflected the entrenchment of humoral beliefs in popular thought and their promotion by the Church and Inquisition.

Author: Linda A. Newson
ISBN-10: 9004350632
ISBN-13: 9789004350632
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2017
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Linda A. Newson
By Linda A. Newson
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Linda A. Newson, PhD (1971) in Geography, University College London, is Director of the Institute of Latin Americana Studies, University of London. She is author of six monographs and two edited volumes, including (with Susie Minchin) From Capture to Sale: The Portuguese Slave Trade to Spanish South America in the Early Seventeenth Century (Brill, 2009).

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