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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
Fulke Rose was born 10 April 1644 in Mickleton, Gloucestershire, to the reverend Thomas Rose and his wife Francesse Rose née Fisher. He had brothers Thomas and Francis who were resident in Jamaica, John who was a merchant in London and William who was an apothecary who was one of the parties in Rose v Royal College of Physicians (1701–03). [ 2 ]
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).
As apothecary to the king and queen he was rewarded with an exemption from customs duties in 1597. [7] Edinburgh burgh hosted a banquet for the queen's brother, Ulrik, Duke of Holstein, on 2 May 1598 at the house of Ninian MacMorran at Riddle's court. Wine was sweetened and spiced to make Hippocras by two apothecaries, John Lawtie and John Clavie.
Shield and crest of the Apothecaries over the south gate of the Chelsea Physic Garden Apothecary tile with the society arms, c. 1665 The society was granted Arms by William Camden ( Clarenceux ) on 12 December 1617, less than a week after receiving its royal charter; the efficiency possibly indicating some planning of the break from the Grocers ...
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Hungary water, which dates to the 14th century, was one of the first alcohol-based perfumes in Europe, and was primarily made from distilled rosemary. [40] Essential oil. Rosemary oil is used for purposes of fragrant bodily perfumes or to emit an aroma into a room; it is also burnt as incense, and used in shampoos and cleaning products.
The "Apothecary's Rose", R. gallica varietas officinalis, was grown in the Middle Ages in monastic herbaria for its alleged medicinal properties, and became famous in English history as the Red Rose of Lancaster. Gallicas are shrubs that rarely grow over 4 feet (1.25 m) tall and flower once in Summer.