Spices, their history and use in medicine
Thursday 14 October
As winter approaches and we are comforted by thoughts of warming spices, this workshop will help us to understand their high importance in the past. We begin with the spice accounts of the rich then relating these to stocks kept by the apothecary and entries in the Pharmacopoeias. Over several centuries the irreplaceable role of spices is revealed. Gaining control of their lucrative trade drove exploration for a new route to the East Indian ‘spice islands’ battles over their possession, and cartels in Venice to store many years harvest in order to fix high prices.
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Thursday 14 October
As winter approaches and we are comforted by thoughts of warming spices, this workshop will help us to understand their high importance in the past. We begin with the spice accounts of the rich then relating these to stocks kept by the apothecary and entries in the Pharmacopoeias. Over several centuries the irreplaceable role of spices is revealed. Gaining control of their lucrative trade drove exploration for a new route to the East Indian ‘spice islands’ battles over their possession, and cartels in Venice to store many years harvest in order to fix high prices.
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