2021 ISHP Newsletter
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- on Apr, 01, 2021
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The recent issue of the newsletter is now available: Newsletter 2021
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International Society for the History of Pharmacy
The International Society for the History of Pharmacy was founded 1926.
www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/26/the-return-to-medieval-medicine-to-treat-ailments
Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments
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The rise in global antibiotic resistance means huge sums are being invested in ground-breaking treatments. But some scientists are turning back the clock in the hunt for effective alternatives
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“And are there more retired remedies hiding in the archives, ready to be revived?”, they ask… YES, there are! This is the research we do at our Institute!🤷🏻♀️ medicaltraditions.org/institute
The 2023 Hansen Anniversary – 150 Years Since the Discovery of the Leprosy Bacillus
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News Register now: The 150th anniversary webcast February 19, 2023 Sign up now for the 150th anniversary webcast, to take place on February 28th. Read more
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The exhibition "The pharmacy in the expedition of Magellan and Elcano" in Ceuta (Spain). Curators: Antonio Ramos Carrillo and Cecilio Venegas Fito.
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Medical Lexicon 6: "Antidotus" Related terms: "Alexipharmaca", "Anodyna". Antidote was called in ancient medicine an internal medicament, that is a medicament that, absorbed by the body through digestion, had the capacity to heal it. By extension, it became synonymous with any medicament able to contrast deadly poisons, called "Alexipharmaca". Its effects were not inducive of sleep and thus differed from those of the medicaments called "Anodyna". Source: Bartolomeo Castelli, "Lexicon Medicum Graeco-Latinum" (Messina 1598): 28
