04170nam 2200985 450 991077489720332120230527060113.00-2280-1284-80-2280-1283-X10.1515/9780228012832(MiAaPQ)EBC29289875(Au-PeEL)EBL29289875(CKB)23144244800041(DE-B1597)654673(DE-B1597)9780228012832(EXLCZ)992314424480004120230527d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMixing medicines the global drug trade and early modern Russia /Clare Griffin1st ed.Montreal, Quebec :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (248 pages)Intoxicating HistoriesPrint version: Griffin, Clare Mixing Medicines Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228011941 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Intoxicating histories.Drug controlDrug trafficDrug dealersAmerica.Christianity.Moscow.Muscovy.Paracelsus.Peter Great.Russia.books.botany.bureaucracy.chemicals.corpses.doctoring traditions.drugs.early modern.empire.global.globalization.horn.intertextuality.legislation.manuscript.materia medica.material culture.mummies.pharmacy.prescriptions.print.regulation.religion.sassafras.science.theriac.trade.translation.tsars.unicorns.Drug control.Drug traffic.Drug dealers.363.45098Griffin Clare1271882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910774897203321Mixing Medicines3000029UNINA