Making and marketing medicine in Renaissance Florence /

Making and marketing medicine in Renaissance Florence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shaw, James E. (James Edric), 1972-
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Description:	356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wellcome series in the history of medicine Clio medica, 0045-7183 ; 89 Wellcome series in the history of medicine. Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 89.
Subject:	Drugstores -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 15th century. Public health -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 15th century. Pharmaceutical Preparations -- history -- Italy. Drug Prescriptions -- history -- Italy. History, 15th Century -- Italy. History, 16th Century -- Italy. Marketing -- history -- Italy. Pharmacies -- history -- Italy. Drugstores. Public health. Italy -- Florence. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8437491

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Other authors / contributors:	Welch, Evelyn S., 1959-
ISBN:	9789042031562 9042031565 9789042031579 (ebk.) 9042031573 (ebk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-340) and index.
Summary:	A study of the Speziale al Giglio apothecary shop in fifteenth-century Florence, Italy.

Table of Contents:

Part one: selling health. The shop and the city ; Keeping shop
Part two: customers and credit. People and their purchases ; Recovering debts
Part three: products. Wax ; Sugar and spices ; Medicines.