The Origins of Pharmacology in the 16th Century

  Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Distilling apparatus used in the 16th century. This device was used for extracting the active essence from wine or various remedies. (Reproduced with permission from the Jesuatti MS, 1562, in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas).

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  1. MI June 2005 vol. 5 no. 3 144-149