Description In the Early Modern Atlantic World, pharmacopoeias--official lists of medicaments and medicinal preparations published by municipal, national, or imperial governments--organized the World of Healing goods, giving rise to new and valuable medical commodities such as cinchona bark, guaiacum, and ipecac.
Pharmacopoeias and related texts, developed by governments and official medical bodies as a means to standardize therapeutic practice, were particularly important to sci.
Description In the Early Modern Atlantic World, pharmacopoeias--official lists of medicaments and medicinal preparations published by municipal, national, or imperial governments--organized the World of Healing goods, giving rise to new and valuable medical commodities such as cinchona bark, guaiacum, and ipecac