Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: ETH-Bibliothek Zurich

  • The Florentine Renaissance apothecary

    Susan Brunn PuettChapel Hill, NC, USAJ. David PuettAthens, GA / Chapel Hill, NC The contemporary pharmacy conjures an image of a store replete with medicines, medical paraphernalia, and at least one professionally trained pharmacist to offer advice and fill medical prescriptions. Earlier European pharmacies (apothecaries), beginning in the Middle Ages and continuing through the Renaissance…