MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Jun 22, 2023
Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia

Cover of the Book 'Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia' by Clare Griffin

(c) McGill-Queens University Press

In early modern Russia one particular way of treating the sick was preferred above all others: taking drugs. This focus on materia medica led to the Moscow court sourcing materials not only from within its own sprawling empire, but from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas. Mixing Medicines introduces the reader to the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs, from the enthusiasm for newly imported American botanicals to the disgust at Western European medicines made from human corpses.

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MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Room 265 & Online
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This event is open to all at the Institute. Those from outside the MPIWG may register at mpirogovskaya@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

2023-06-22T11:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2023-06-22 11:00:00 2023-06-22 12:30:00 Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia i (c) McGill-Queens University Press In early modern Russia one particular way of treating the sick was preferred above all others: taking drugs. This focus on materia medica led to the Moscow court sourcing materials not only from within its own sprawling empire, but from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas. Mixing Medicines introduces the reader to the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs, from the enthusiasm for newly imported American botanicals to the disgust at Western European medicines made from human corpses. MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Room 265 & Online Maria Pirogovskaya Maria Pirogovskaya Europe/Berlin public