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In an homage to the 18th-century apothecary, this wreath features an illustration of a druggist making tinctures at its center, surrounded by greenery, apples, citrus, larkspur, and yarrow, which ...
[1] [8] The apothecary was the main purveyor of sugar-based concoctions until the confectioner began to sell sugar as a food instead of a medicine in the later Renaissance. [2] Some typical products were syrups, preserves of herbs and roots, floral sugars, lozenges , and comfits.
Dalby's Carminative was one of the two most widely used patent medicines given to babies and children at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. Together with its rival, Godfrey's Cordial , they were known as "mother's friends" and were used (often against a doctor's advice) for everything from colic and coughs to typhoid.
An 18th-century syllabub glass. Syllabub is a sweet dish made by curdling sweet cream or milk with an acid such as wine or cider. It was a popular British confection from the 16th to the 19th centuries. [1] Early recipes for syllabub are for a drink of cider with milk. By the 17th century it had evolved into a type of dessert made with sweet ...
The recipes and remedies included in parts of the Corpus no doubt reveal popular and prevalent treatments of the early ancient Greek period. Though any of the herbals included in the Corpus are similar to those practiced in the religious sectors of healing, they differ strikingly in the lack of rites, prayers, or chants used in the application ...
After leaving Westminster School, he was apprenticed, in 1802, to his brother, an apothecary, with the view of adopting the profession of medicine. [ 3 ] He studied medicine at Great Windmill Street Medical School and at St George's Hospital, before being drawn to chemistry following a meeting with Humphry Davy . [ 4 ]
The tradition of fine maiolica came under increasing competition in the 18th century, mainly from porcelain and white earthenware. But the 18th century is not a period of relentless decline. [ 23 ] To face the competition from porcelain and its vibrant colours, the process of third firing (piccolo fuoco) was introduced, initially in North-West ...
In the 15th century, the printing press spread medicinal textbooks and formularies; the Antidotarium was the first printed drug formulary. [3]: 30 In Europe pharmacy-like shops began to appear during the 12th century. In 1240 emperor Frederic II issued a decree by which the physician's and the apothecary's professions were separated. [16]