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By 1381 an on-site infirmary was in operation, where the monks' products were used for treating themselves and Florentine patients. One of the products developed about this time was a distilled rose water intended to treat the plague, at the height of the Black Death. [1] Bottles from the museum at Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy
The rebuilt Sawyer Homestead in Sterling, Massachusetts, built in 1756. Mary Elizabeth Tyler (née Sawyer; [1] March 22, 1806 – December 11, 1889) was an American woman who is believed to have been the "Mary" on which the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was based, a claim she stated at the age of 70.
Harrison Parker Tyler (March 6, 1904 – July 24, 1974), was an American author, poet, and film critic. Tyler had a relationship with underground filmmaker Charles Boultenhouse (1926–1994) from 1945 until his death. Their papers are held by the New York Public Library. [1]
In 2002, the Archive received Heritage Lottery funding. Today the Archive is active with a "Friends of the Archives" group and a number of events throughout the year. Many people use it to make enquiries regarding family history, the history of the Apothecaries' Society and other historical activities. [10]
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Rose water is a by-product of this process. [5] Before the development of the technique of distilling rose water, rose petals were already used in Persian cuisine to perfume and flavour dishes. [6] Rose water likely originated in Persia, [7] [8] [9] where it is known as gulāb (گلاب), from gul (گل rose) and ab (آب water).
More than 25 pieces from the late television star and producer are heading to sale with proceeds benefitting The Mary Tyler Moore initiative.
Nicholas Culpeper (18 October 1616 – 10 January 1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer. [1] His book The English Physitian (1652, later Complete Herbal, 1653 ff.) is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick (1655) [2] one of the most detailed works on medical astrology in Early ...