Making medicines in early colonial Lima, Peru : apothecaries, science and society / by Linda A. Newson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newson, Linda A., author.

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 34.

Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; volume 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmacists--Peru--Lima--History.

Medicine--Peru--Lima--History.

Materia medica--Peru--Lima--History.

Pharmacy--Social aspects--Peru--Lima--History.

Science--Social aspects--Peru--Lima--History.

Relations.

Science--Social aspects.

History.

Pharmacy--Social aspects.

Materia medica.

Medicine.

Pharmacists.

Lima (Peru)--Social conditions.

Lima (Peru)--Intellectual life.

Lima (Peru)--Relations--Spain.

Spain--Relations--Peru--Lima.

Peru--History--1548-1820.

Peru.

Intellectual life.

International relations.

Social conditions.

Peru--Lima.

Spain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 346 pages : facsimiles, color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

"Based on extensive archival research in Peru, Spain, and Italy, Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru examines how apothecaries in Lima were trained, ran their businesses, traded medicinal products, prepared medicines, and found their place in society. In the book, Newson argues that apothecaries had the potential to be innovators in science, especially in the New World where they encountered new environments and diverse healing traditions. However, it shows that despite experimental tendencies among some apothecaries, they generally adhered to traditional humoral practices and imported materia medica from Spain rather than adopt native plants or exploit the region's rich mineral resources. This adherence was not due to state regulation, but reflected the entrenchment of humoral beliefs in popular thought and their promotion by the Church and Inquisition"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Medicines : empire, science and society

Learning to make medicines

The medicines business

Trading medicines and materia medica

Selecting materia medica

Making medicines

The social world of apothecaries

Persistent practices

Appendix A: Books shipped from Spain by the apothecary Juan Sanchez in 1591

Appendix B: List of materia medica found in pharmacies in Spain and Lima

Appendix C: Books shipped from Spain to Doctor Melchor de Amusco in nombre de Dios, 1584

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-333) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Newson, Linda A., author. Making medicines in early colonial Lima, Peru

ISBN:

9789004350632

9004350632

OCLC:

990286484