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Code 8473
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1774608295Code 8473 Travelling ApothecaryEnglish traveling apothecary, dating to the second half of the 19th century, with a mahogany case lined with red velvet, concealed brass handles, brass hinges, and a lock with the original key. The rectangular cabinet consists of an upper compartment with a lid, divided into compartments and containing several glass bottles of various sizes containing powders and liquids, and a lower drawer containing a mortar, pestle, scales with weights, measuring cup, small bottles, and other items. The owner's name, Emily Barwell, is engraved on the brass handle, while inside the box, "Thomson London" is engraved in the wood. One bottle has a crack and a lateral split.
Dimensions: 24 x 15.2 x 21.3 cm – 9.5 x 6 x 8.4 in.
In use since the Renaissance, portable pharmacies arose from the physician's need to carry at least the bare minimum for emergency care. They typically consisted of a wooden box divided into various compartments, which housed a few surgical instruments and the supplies needed for pharmacological therapy. Until the late Middle Ages, the pharmacy was an integral part of medicine; however, the foundations of modern pharmacy date back to the Renaissance. The discovery of America in 1492 significantly increased the number of known plant species, significantly contributing to the development of the pharmacological study of plants.
Research into inorganic and mineralogical remedies also developed during the Renaissance, primarily thanks to the Swiss physician Paracelsus. This gave rise to iatrochemistry, the first example of medicinal chemistry.
In the seventeenth century, the leading advocate of the use of chemical remedies in medicine was the Frenchman Nicolas Lémery; however, it was only in the eighteenth century that pharmacy, thanks to the work of another French scholar, Antoine Baumé, began to assume the characteristics of an autonomous science, emancipating itself from medicine and chemistry. Experimental pharmacology emerged in the second half of the eighteenth century, establishing as a fundamental methodological principle the need for systematic experimentation, both in vitro and on living organisms. This direct approach allowed pharmacists to rapidly expand their knowledge and increasingly rigorously systematize the preparation of remedies. The term "pharmacy" derives from the Greek pharmacon, meaning medicine. Among ancient peoples, it was the physician himself who was responsible for preparing medicines; only in the 11th century AD did the role of the pharmacist emerge, distinct from that of the physician. This discipline received a major boost from the discovery of America in 1492, which brought many new plant species to Europe that could be studied for pharmacological use.
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Code 8473 Travelling Apothecary
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