Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Johann Daniel Sommer

  • A magnificent late seventeenth-century German pharmacy cabinet

    Christopher DuffinLondon, England Small, portable apothecary cabinets were once popular for household, travel, and campaign purposes, but few have survived from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Several are exhibited in German museums,1 including one spectacular example in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Münich. The cabinet represents a fusion of artistic media. The goldsmith was Joseph Herterich…