Pharmacy Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/category/pharmacy/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:03:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Reconstructing an Early Modern Panacea https://bshm.org.uk/reconstructing-an-early-modern-panacea/ https://bshm.org.uk/reconstructing-an-early-modern-panacea/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:03:35 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=19837 For nearly two millennia, Theriac—a panacea developed in antiquity—was produced and praised across Europe. By the 19th century, it was dismissed as quackery. Today it has been reconstructed and will soon be tested. Danuta Raj explains. In recent years, historical reconstruction has emerged as an innovative approach in research, bridging traditional historiography with hands-on practices […]

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