Peter H. Hoffenberg, A Science of Our Own: Exhibitions and the Rise of Australian Public Science Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. Pp. 206. ISBN 978-0-8229-4576-5. $45.00 (cloth).
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Toledo and Salerno. Chapter 4 confronts the early modern Galenic tradition with the world of Nahua materia medica and examines bioprospecting projects in the context of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Chapter 5 examines the interactions of Galenic pharmacy with the tradition of alchemical pharmacy in the late seventeenth century and the emergence of the ‘chemico-Galenic’ compromise. De Vos’s clear and methodical presentation of each topic is supported by tables and other illustrative materials. Additionally, several valuable supplements make this book a solid reference for research and teaching: four maps illustrate the wide geographical and temporal reach of her project, and six appendixes (two of them available online) will be a welcome source for researchers, teachers and students alike. With its incisive and timely contributions to debates surrounding the global turn and focus on material and artisanal practice, as well as its erudite and patient presentation of source material, De Vos’s book will be of great interest to readers of histories of pharmacy and medicine.
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Lisa Winters
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2023
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 2×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1017/s0007087423000213
- Akses
- Open Access ✓