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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774897203321

Autore

Griffin Clare

Titolo

Mixing medicines : the global drug trade and early modern Russia / / Clare Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-2280-1284-8

0-2280-1283-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Collana

Intoxicating Histories

Disciplina

363.45098

Soggetti

Drug control

Drug traffic

Drug dealers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia -- Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Half Title Page -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Importance of Lekarstva -- PROTECTING THE TSAR -- INTERNAL AFFAIRS -- POLICING THE MARKETPLACE -- MISSION CREEP -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2: Muscovy's Botanical World -- TRANSLATING THE GARDEN -- PRESCRIBING THE GARDEN -- THE OLD BOTANICAL WORLD -- THE FOURTH PART OF THE WORLD -- EVERYDAY AMERICANA -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: Selling the Chemical Universe -- PARACELSIAN APOLOGIA -- CHEMICAL ABSENCES -- CHEMICAL MEDICINE RISING -- FOLLOWING THE DOCTORS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: The Problems of the Flesh -- THE MUSCOVITE BODY -- PROBLEMATIC CORPSES -- EVIL SNAKES -- THERIAC REHABILITATED -- MUMIA RETURNS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: The New Textual Authorities -- AUTHORSHIP AND INTERTEXTUALITY -- AUTHENTICATING UNICORN HORN -- LEGISLATING THE MARKET -- THE LETTERS OF THE LAW -- PRINTING ADVICE -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: Ingredients in the Aptechnaia izba prescriptions from 1581-1582 -- Appendix



Two: Ingredients in Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich's prescriptions from April-May 1645 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Mixing Medicines explores the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs. The first study of Russia's involvement in the early modern drug trade, it provides unique insight into how the dramatic reshaping of global trade affected the day-to-day lives of subjects and tsars alike.